CVE-2023-20855: VMware vRealize Automation

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• VMware vRealize Automation: from 8.0, before 8.11.1 (fixed in 8.11.1)
• VMware vRealize Orchestrator: from 8.0, before 8.11.1 (fixed in 8.11.1)

Published 2023-02-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.