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Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published May 12, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-20879

CVE-2023-20879

Description

VMware Aria Operations contains a Local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative privileges in the Aria Operations application can gain root access to the underlying operating system.

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Affected products

14
  • VMware/Cloud Foundation
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: >=4.0,<=4.5
  • VMware/Vrealize Operations11 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.10.0:hotfix1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.10.0:hotfix2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix8:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix9:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • VMware/Aria Operationscpe-rescue2 versions
    (expand)+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)

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