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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-3976

VMware ESXi and vCenter Server contain a partial denial of service vulnerability in their respective authentication services.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 2.12%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

VMware ESXi and vCenter Server contain a partial denial of service vulnerability in their respective authentication services. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 5.3.

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
2.12% probability · 81th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
vmware/cloud foundation · vmware/vcenter server · vmware/esxi
Source
security@vmware.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.