CVE-2023-36628

Privilege Escalation in VASA

Published Oct 2, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw exists in VASA which allows users with access to a vSphere/ESXi VMware admin on a FlashArray to gain root access through privilege escalation.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

This issue is resolved in FlashArray Purity (OE) versions 6.3.12 and later, 6.4.6 and later. 

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-40572 A flaw exists in VASA which allows users with access to a vSphere/ESXi VMware admin on a FlashArray to gain root access through privilege escalation.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
PureStorage
Published
Updated
Sep 23, 2024, 1:35 PM
Reserved
Jun 25, 2023, 3:05 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 3, 2023, 12:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:06 AM