How severe is CVE-2023-20887?

CVE-2023-20887 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). EPSS estimates a 98.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2023-20887: Vmware Aria Operations for Networks Command Injection

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Vmware Aria Operations for Networks Command Injection Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2023-06-22

Remediation due

2023-07-13

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0012.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20887

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA9.8 CRITICAL

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableyes

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	Aria Operations for Networks (Formerly vRealize Network Insight)	Aria Operations for Networks (Formerly vRealize Network Insight) 6.x

References

2 Links

Other references

Record Details

Published

2023-06-07

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

vmware

Credited to

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