VMware Aria Operations for Logs up to 8.8.x/8.10.2 command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in VMware Aria Operations for Logs up to 8.8.x/8.10.2 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes command injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-20865. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in VMware Aria Operations for Logs up to 8.8.x/8.10.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 04/21/2023 as VMSA-2023-0007. The advisory is shared at vmware.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-20865 since 11/01/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/01/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 8.12 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at customerconnect.vmware.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-25039). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Aria Operations for Logs 8.12

Timelineinfo

11/01/2022 🔍
04/21/2023 +170 days 🔍
04/21/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/01/2025 +864 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2023-0007
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-20865 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-20865
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-226957
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 04/21/2023 07:58
Updated: 09/01/2025 20:57
Changes: 04/21/2023 07:58 (41), 05/15/2023 07:34 (10), 09/01/2025 20:57 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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