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FKIE_CVE-2023-20888

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-06-07 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:31

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Aria Operations for Networks contains an authenticated deserialization vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to VMware Aria Operations for Networks and valid 'member' role credentials may be able to perform a deserialization attack resulting in remote code execution.

References

	URL	Tags
	security@vmware.com	https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0012.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0012.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	vmware	vrealize_network_insight	*

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CVE-2023-20888 (GCVE-0-2023-20888)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-07 14:18 – Updated: 2025-01-07 14:56

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-01-07 14:56 UTC

CWE

Networks Authenticated Deserialization Vulnerability
CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Assigner

vmware mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2…

Impacted products

1 product

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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