CVE-2023-36628 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Pure Storage Purity//FA, specifically within the VASA component. This flaw allows an authenticated vSphere/ESXi VMware administrator with access to a FlashArray to gain root access. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity and low privileges, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.1.0, <= 6.3.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:purestorage:purity\/\/fa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.4.0, <= 6.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:purestorage:purity\/\/fa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.