Outbreak AlertVMware Aria Operations for Networks Command Injection Vulnerability
Actively exploited in the wild
VMware Aria Operations for Networks (formerly vRealize Network Insight) contains a command injection vulnerability that allows a malicious actor with network access to perform an attack resulting in remote code execution. According to the vendor advisory, the vulnerability has been seen exploited in the wild. Learn More »
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Background
VMware Aria Operations for Networks is a network monitoring tool that helps to build an optimized, highly available and secure network infrastructure across multicloud environments. It consists both SaaS and on-premises solutions. Early June, 2023, VMware Aria Operations for Networks update was released which addressed multiple vulnerabilities. (CVE-2023-20887, CVE-2023-20888, CVE-2023-20889). VMware has confirmed that exploit code (proof-of-concept) for CVE-2023-20887 is available online.
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June 7, 2023: VMware Aria Operations for Networks released security advisory.
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0012.html
June 20, 2023: VMware confirmed that exploitation of CVE-2023-20887 has occurred in the wild.
June 22, 2023: CISA added CVE-2023-20887 to its known exploited vulnerability catalog (KEV).
June 22, 2023: FortiGuard Labs has released the IPS signature to block any attack attempts targeting the vulnerability (CVE-2023-20887). To remediate risk completely, apply the updates listed on the vendor links provided.
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/92684
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