CVE-2020-3994

mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.006 · 51 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.65% (51st) EPSS

CVSS 5.8 · medium

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

VMware vCenter Server (6.7 before 6.7u3, 6.6 before 6.5u3k) contains a session hijack vulnerability in the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface update function due to a lack of certificate validation. A malicious actor with network positioning between vCenter Server and an update repository may be able to perform a session hijack when the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface is used to download vCenter updates.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–7.5

v2.05.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 4.9

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.2

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-295USprimaryCWE-295US

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a vCenter Server≤ vCenter Server (6.7 before 6.7u3, 6.6 before 6.5u3k)enisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation≤ 3.9.0fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware vCenter Server≤ 6.7 U3fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware vCenter Server≤ 6.5 U3Kfstec_bduRU
vmware cloud foundation3.0 → 3.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vcenter server= 6.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vcenter server= 6.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-10-20modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

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