CVE-2023-20887

critical

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.

References

https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/alert-hackers-exploiting-critical.html

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/23674

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2023-20887-vmware-aria-operations-for-networks-command-injection

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0012.html

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-20887

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173761/VMWare-Aria-Operations-For-Networks-Remote-Command-Execution.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-06-07

Updated: 2025-10-28

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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