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CVE-2023-36628
Privilege Escalation in VASA
High8.8EPSS 0.56%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- PureStorage
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| PureStorageCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Pure Storage · FlashArray Purity
- affected 6.1.*
- affected 6.2.*
- affected 6.3.0 – ≤ 6.3.11
- affected 6.4.0 – ≤ 6.4.5
What to do
Solution: This issue is resolved in FlashArray Purity (OE) versions 6.3.12 and later, 6.4.6 and later.
References (1)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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