CVE-2022-31704

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 81.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-01-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The vRealize Log Insight contains a broken access control vulnerability. An unauthenticated malicious actor can remotely inject code into sensitive files of an impacted appliance which can result in remote code execution.

Affected products

VMware vRealize Log Insight: from 3.0 through 4.8; from 8.0.0 before 8.10.2 — fixed in 8.10.2
vRealize Log Insight (vRLI): through vRealize Log Insight 8.10.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware vRealize Log Insight 8.10.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174606/VMware-vRealize-Log-Insight-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0001.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174606/VMware-vRealize-Log-Insight-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0001.html
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/174606

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