CVE-2023-20854: VMware Workstation

High severity, CVSS 8.4. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

VMware Workstation contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user privileges on the victim's machine may exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files from the file system of the machine on which Workstation is installed.

Affected products

• VMware Workstation: version 17.0 only

Published 2023-02-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.