CVE-2023-20887

CRITICAL9.8

CISA KEV

Published 2023-06-07 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source security@vmware.com

Summary

CVE-2023-20887 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in VMware Aria Operations for Networks. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on June 22, 2023, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by July 13, 2023. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. VMware has 26 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 9 of them linked to ransomware.

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Description

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.

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

CWE-77CWE-77

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: VMware — Aria Operations for Networks

Name: Vmware Aria Operations for Networks Command Injection Vulnerability

Date added: 2023-06-22 · Due: 2023-07-13

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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