8.6

CVE-2023-43082: dell unity Improper Certificate Validation

CVSS: 8.6v3.1HighModified
Published 22-11-2023Last modified 02-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-43082 is a high (CVSS 8.6) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in dell unity. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.6/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-11-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Dell Unity prior to 5.3 contains a 'man in the middle' vulnerability in the vmadapter component. If a customer has a certificate signed by a third-party public Certificate Authority, the vCenter CA could be spoofed by an attacker who can obtain a CA-signed certificate.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.29% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Dell4 products

1 vendor · 4 products

References

1 links