CVE-2023-20855 (GCVE-0-2023-20855)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-02-21 00:00
Modified
2025-03-17 18:25
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability
Summary
VMware vRealize Orchestrator contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. A malicious actor, with non-administrative access to vRealize Orchestrator, may be able to use specially crafted input to bypass XML parsing restrictions leading to access to sensitive information or possible escalation of privileges.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a VMware vRealize Orchestrator, VMware vRealize Automation, VMware Cloud Foundation Version: VMware vRealize Orchestrator 8.x
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