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CVE-2023-36628: Privilege Escalation in VASA

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-10-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

A flaw exists in VASA which allows users with access to a vSphere/ESXi VMware admin on a FlashArray to gain root access through privilege escalation.

Affected products

• PureStorage Purity//Fa: from 6.1.0 through 6.3.11; from 6.4.0 through 6.4.5

References

• https://support.purestorage.com/Pure_Storage_Technical_Services/Field_Bulletins/Security_Bulletins/Security_Bulletin_for_Privilege_Escalation_in_VASA_CVE-2023-36628
• https://support.purestorage.com/Pure_Storage_Technical_Services/Field_Bulletins/Security_Bulletins/Security_Bulletin_for_Privilege_Escalation_in_VASA_CVE-2023-36628

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