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CVE-2023-20878

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-20878 is a high-severity deserialization vulnerability in VMware Aria Operations and Cloud Foundation that allows an authenticated attacker with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary commands and disrupt the system. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or KEV catalog entries exist, and community discussion is minimal, organizations should still prioritize patching due to the potential for significant system compromise.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0, <= 4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix1:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix2:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0100 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 5,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0009.html
Vendor Advisory