CVE-2023-20855

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.26% (70th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

cvss

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

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-611USprimaryCWE-611US

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

VMware Cloud Foundation 4.xall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.x
n/a VMware vRealize Orchestrator, VMware vRealize Automation, VMware Cloud Foundation≤ VMware vRealize Orchestrator 8.xenisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Aria Automation8.0 → 8.11.1fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator8.0 → 8.11.1fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation≤ KB90926fstec_bduRU
vmware vrealize automation8.0 → 8.11.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vrealize orchestrator8.0 → 8.11.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0448VMware Cloud Foundation: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2023-02-21csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in VMware Cloud Foundation ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-02-22modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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