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CVE-2023-20891

MEDIUM
Published 2023-07-26T05:41:23.643Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.5
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.003
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.3% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.525
Higher than 52.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE

Description

The VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs and Isolation Segment contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to the logging of credentials in hex encoding in platform system audit logs. A malicious non-admin user who has access to the platform system audit logs can access hex encoded CF API admin credentials and can push new malicious versions of an application. In a default deployment non-admin users do not have access to the platform system audit logs.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

VMware

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs

Affected Versions:

4.0.x 3.0.x 2.13.x 2.11.x
VMware

Isolation segment

Affected Versions:

4.0.x 3.0.x 2.13.x 2.11.x

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-m8v3-f26v-mhfj

Advisory Details

The VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs and Isolation Segment contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to the logging of credentials in hex encoding in platform system audit logs. A malicious non-admin user who has access to the platform system audit logs can access hex encoded CF API admin credentials and can push new malicious versions of an application. In a default deployment non-admin users do not have access to the platform system audit logs.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20891
WEB https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0016.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 26, 2023, Modified: April 4, 2024

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0016.html
Published: 2023-07-26T05:41:23.643Z
Last Modified: 2024-10-21T13:07:34.980Z
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