CVE-2023-20865

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-04-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-77

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

VMware Aria Operations for Logs: from 8.6.0 before 8.12.0 — fixed in 8.12.0
VMware Cloud Foundation: from 4.0 through 4.5
VMware Aria Operations for Logs (formerly vRealize Log Insight): VMware Aria Operations for Logs (formerly vRealize Log Insight) prior to 8.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.12.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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