CVE-2023-20880
VMware Aria Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with...
VMware Aria Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to the local system can escalate privileges to 'root'.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
VMware Aria Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to the local system can escalate privileges to 'root'.
- Record
CVE-2023-20880- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
VMware Aria Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to the local system can escalate privileges to 'root'.
- Record
CVE-2023-20880- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-25052
VMware Aria Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to the local system can escalate privileges to 'root'.
- Record
EUVD-2023-25052- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3grg-4gwx-fp3c
VMware Aria Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with...
VMware Aria Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to the local system can escalate privileges to 'root'.
- Record
GHSA-3grg-4gwx-fp3c- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-20880 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Vmware Aria Operations, published May 12, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 13th percentile. No source names a fixed version.