CVE-2023-20855
Telemetry drift only. No threshold crossed and no authority ruling changed.
CVE record, CISA KEV and EPSS as of 2026-10-18.
CVEs like this one computed, by meaning
What to do now held facts and links
- Upgrade to the fixed version for your release line, or later: vrealize orchestrator 8.11.1; vrealize automation 8.11.1 upper bounds of the CVE record's affected ranges
- Record your decision, dated and frozen with today's evidence: patch by a date · mitigated by a compensating control · deferred · accepted the risk · not affected
- Check your version against the ranges this record publishes.
What it is stated by the CNA
VMware vRealize Orchestrator contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. A malicious actor, with non-administrative access to vRealize Orchestrator, may be able to use specially crafted input to bypass XML parsing restrictions leading to access to sensitive information or possible escalation of privileges.
- weakness
- XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability
- affected
- n/a VMware vRealize Orchestrator, VMware vRealize Automation, VMware Cloud Foundation
- published ranges
- vmware vrealize automation >= 8.0 < 8.11.1; vmware vrealize orchestrator >= 8.0 < 8.11.1
- first unaffected version, by branch
- vrealize orchestrator 8.11.1; vrealize automation 8.11.1
- assigned by
- vmware
- published
- 2023-02-21
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Exploit code held, dated
- exploit code
- None held in the PoC-in-GitHub feed. A public repository changes this brief.
What moved held, dated
| date | EPSS | event |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Feb 2023 | 0.00885 | |
| 7 Mar 2023 | 0.0019 | scoring model v2023.03.01 |
| 8 Mar 2023 | 0.0019 | |
| 8 May 2023 | 0.00135 | |
| 17 Mar 2025 | 0.00088 | scoring model v2025.03.14 |
| 3 Mar 2026 | 0.0044 | |
| 17 Mar 2026 | 0.00583 | |
| 31 Mar 2026 | 0.00927 | |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 0.01265 | scoring model v2026.06.15 |
24 observations held. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the measurement was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed.
Outside the record researched, cited
This section reads the record's references and adds cited findings from outside it. It needs an account. Everything above is held facts and is complete without it.
What would change this brief held, dated
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the catalogue we hold. A listing changes this brief.
- exploit probability
- 0.01 on 2026-06-15 (FIRST's EPSS, a probability and not evidence of exploitation). Next band line: 10% (0.10). Crossing a line changes this brief.
- fix
- Held: vrealize orchestrator 8.11.1; vrealize automation 8.11.1. A newer fix from the CNA or OSV changes this brief.
How to check this
Every value above is held with two dates: when it was true upstream (as_of) and when we recorded it (tx_from). Re-derive the exploit probability as it stood on any date:
SELECT value, source, source_version, as_of, tx_from
FROM volatile_valid_as_of('CVE-2023-20855', '2026-11-01T23:59:59.999999Z', now());