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9.8 Critical Exploited

CVE-2023-34048 VMware vCenter Server Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

Active exploitation observed

· CISA KEV catalogue
Required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware campaigns Not observed so far
Weakness CWE-787

Description

vCenter Server contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger an out-of-bounds write potentially leading to remote code execution.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
VMware vCenter Server 8.0 earliest → < 8.0U2 8.0U2
VMware vCenter Server 7.0 earliest → < 7.0U3o 7.0U3o
VMware Cloud Foundation (VMware vCenter Server) 5.x No fix stated
VMware Cloud Foundation (VMware vCenter Server) 4.x No fix stated
vcenter_server 8.0 earliest → < 8.0U2 8.0U2
cloud_foundation 5.0 5.0 → latest No fix stated

References

Timeline

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