Security News > 2023 > June > VMware fixes critical vulnerability in vRealize network analytics tool
VMware issued multiple security patches today to address critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in VMware Aria Operations for Networks, allowing attackers to gain remote execution or access sensitive information.
Previously known as vRealize Network Insight, this network visibility and analytics tool helps admins optimize network performance or manage and scale various VMware and Kubernetes deployments.
"A malicious actor with network access to VMware Aria Operations for Networks may be able to perform a command injection attack resulting in remote code execution," Vmware says.
VMware patched today a second vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution on unpatched Aria Operations appliances, caused by an authenticated deserialization weakness tracked as CVE-2023-20888.
In April, VMware also addressed a critical bug that let attackers run code as root in the vRealize Log Insight log analysis tool.
Months earlier, Horizon3's Attack Team released proof-of-concept exploit code for another series of critical security flaws in the same VMware product patched one week earlier.
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-07 | CVE-2023-20888 | Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in VMWare Vrealize Network Insight Aria Operations for Networks contains an authenticated deserialization vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to VMware Aria Operations for Networks and valid 'member' role credentials may be able to perform a deserialization attack resulting in remote code execution. | 8.8 |