CVE-2023-34060

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 71.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Published

2023-11-14 20:20Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-12-16 18:23Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-05-25

Assigning CNA

vmware

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical FunctionBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

f54535f0970e1ca655b3de6e70a0610b1eca49161d05e256fc031c5d30085890

• www.vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0026.html
• github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-143
• github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-512
• github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-687