{"id":"CVE-2023-20893","aliases":["EUVD-2023-25064","GHSA-r9q7-6mw7-hmpc"],"status":"published","title":"The VMware vCenter Server contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the implementation of the...","description":"The VMware vCenter Server contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.01248,"percentile":0.69579,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"published":"2023-06-22T11:52:32Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:31:07Z","products":[{"vendor":"vmware","product":"vcenter_server"},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"vmware cloud foundation (vcenter server)"},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"vmware vcenter server (vcenter server)"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0014.html","tags":["x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1799","tags":["x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20893"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r9q7-6mw7-hmpc"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-20893","description":"The VMware vCenter Server contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-22T11:52:32.771Z","modified":"2025-02-13T16:40:07.355Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:13.912858Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-25064","description":"The VMware vCenter Server contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-22T11:52:32Z","modified":"2025-02-13T16:40:07Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:03:51.861062Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-r9q7-6mw7-hmpc","title":"The VMware vCenter Server contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the implementation of the...","description":"The VMware vCenter Server contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-22T12:30:14Z","modified":"2024-04-04T05:00:12Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-416"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:56:28.924331Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-20893","description":"The VMware vCenter Server contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-22T12:15:10.49Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:31:07.963Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-416"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:08:12.414559Z"}]}}