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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This CVE is actively exploited in the wild. CISA mandates federal agencies to patch immediately.

CVE

CVE-2020-3952

9.8

CVSScritical

Exploitable remotely over the internet · no authentication required.

Description

Under certain conditions, vmdir that ships with VMware vCenter Server, as part of an embedded or external Platform Services Controller (PSC), does not correctly implement access controls.

Attack Vector

Network

Privileges Req.

None

User Interaction

None

vmware vcenter server

Updated Oct 23, 2026View on NVD →

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CVE-2020-3952 Scanner - Missing Authorization vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server

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