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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-43082 · published 22 November 2023

CVE-2023-43082: Dell unity operating environment improper certificate validation vulnerability

Dell · Unity Operating Environment

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.

5.9 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.30% · top 80.2% CWE-295 · Improper certificate validation
5.9CVSS 3.1 base score
0.30%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000213152/dsa-2023-141-dell-unity-unity-vsa-and-unity-xt-security-update-for-mu Vendor Advisory
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000213152/dsa-2023-141-dell-unity-unity-vsa-and-unity-xt-security-update-for-mu Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-43082), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.