Authentication Bypass in VMware Cloud Director Appliance Versions

CVE-2023-34060

What is CVE-2023-34060?

The VMware Cloud Director Appliance has a vulnerability that permits malicious actors to bypass authentication on SSH and appliance management console ports (22 and 5480) following an upgrade from an earlier version to 10.5. This flaw arises due to the appliance's use of an affected version of sssd on the underlying Photon OS, which does not occur in fresh installations of 10.5. Users can safeguard their systems by ensuring they upgrade to Photon OS versions sssd-2.8.1-11 or higher, mitigating this security risk. The issue does not affect the primary login portal operating on port 443.

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CVE-2023-34060

Urgent: VMware Warns of Unpatched Critical Cloud Director Vulnerability

VMware raises the alarm about an unpatched security flaw (CVE-2023-34060) in Cloud Director, which could allow attackers to bypass authentication.

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