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Critical · 9.8 Known exploited Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2023-20887 EUVD-2023-25058GHSA-8vx8-r5j3-f2vf

Aria Operations for Networks contains a command injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to VMware Aria Operations fo…

Published Jun 7, 2023 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by vmware

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Aria Operations for Networks (Formerly vRealize Network Insight) Aria Operations for Networks (Formerly vRealize Network Insight) 6.x —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

GitHub 3 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

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