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VMware Aria Operations for Networks: Command Injection (CVE-2023-20887)

VMware Aria Operations for Networks

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. Added to CISA KEV on 2023-06-22.

Why this severity: CVSS 9.8 (NVD), actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started: Jun 22, 2023
Closed: Jun 22, 2023
CVE: CVE-2023-20887

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Updated Jun 22, 2023

Affected

See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline1

Jun 22, 2023
CISA added CVE-2023-20887 to the KEV catalog (due 2023-07-13).

Advisories3

Notes & caveats

Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record — verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier).

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