CVE-2023-20865

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Published Apr 20, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.2 High EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

VMware Aria Operations for Logs contains a command injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative privileges in VMware Aria Operations for Logs can execute arbitrary commands as root.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

VMware Aria Operations for Logs (formerly vRealize Log Insight)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`VMware Aria Operations for Logs (formerly vRealize Log Insight) prior to 8.12`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_operations_for_logs::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation::::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-25039	VMware Aria Operations for Logs contains a command injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative privileges in VMware Aria Operations for Logs can execute arbitrary commands as root.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.6% (1.640% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0007.html

History

Feb 5, 2025 4:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Vmware Aria Operations For Logs Cloud Foundation

Weaknesses

CWE-77

Sources

CVE record Updated: Feb 5, 2025, 3:26 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published: Apr 20, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Feb 5, 2025, 3:26 PM
Reserved: Nov 1, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 9:21 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 9:21 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:31 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 20, 2023, 9:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:31 AM

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