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01 Record

CVE-2020-3976

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: vmware
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 81.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-08-21 12:37Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 07:52Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-12-30
Assigning CNA
vmware
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
de70c7e7615c51d2b3ee2efd4fe87a2539b3053b92b2860da3ad7efe30d695b5

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aESXi, vCenter Server, and Cloud FoundationESXi 7.0, 6.7, 6.5, vCenter Server 7.0, 6.7, 6.5, and Cloud Foundation 4.x.x, and 3.x.x release lines.—

06 References