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CVE-2023-34039

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 67.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-327

Description

Aria Operations for Networks contains an Authentication Bypass vulnerability due to a lack of unique cryptographic key generation. A malicious actor with network access to Aria Operations for Networks could bypass SSH authentication to gain access to the Aria Operations for Networks CLI.

Affected products

• VMware Aria Operations for Networks: from 6.2.0 before 6.11.0 — fixed in 6.11.0
• Aria Operations for Networks: Aria Operations for Networks 6.x

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.11.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174452/VMWare-Aria-Operations-For-Networks-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175320/VMWare-Aria-Operations-For-Networks-SSH-Private-Key-Exposure.html
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0018.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174452/VMWare-Aria-Operations-For-Networks-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175320/VMWare-Aria-Operations-For-Networks-SSH-Private-Key-Exposure.html
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0018.html

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