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 severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 5.3.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02497.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
n/a ESXi, vCenter Server, and Cloud Foundation affected
Version Status Constraints
ESXi 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. affected —

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-25241 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 severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 5.3.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
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https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0018.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02497}

 epss

{'score': 0.03171}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T07:52:20.373Z

Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-3976

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-21T13:15:14.130

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:32:05.890

Link: CVE-2020-3976

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