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GHSA-8VX8-R5J3-F2VF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-07 15:30 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:32

Details

Aria Operations for Networks contains a command injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to VMware Aria Operations for Networks may be able to perform a command injection attack resulting in remote code execution.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


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

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CVE-2023-20887 (GCVE-0-2023-20887)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-07 14:16 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05

Summary

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


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

CWE

Networks Command Injection Vulnerability

Assigner

vmware

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2…
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173761/VMWar…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	Aria Operations for Networks (Formerly vRealize Network Insight)	Affected: Aria Operations for Networks (Formerly vRealize Network Insight) 6.x

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-8VX8-R5J3-F2VF

CVE-2023-20887 (GCVE-0-2023-20887)

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