Security News > 2023 > June > Alert! Hackers Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in VMware's Aria Operations Networks

VMware has flagged that a recently patched critical command injection vulnerability in Aria Operations for Networks has come under active exploitation in the wild.

The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-20887, could allow a malicious actor with network access to the product to perform a command injection attack, resulting in remote code execution.

The development comes after Summoning Team researcher Sina Kheirkhah, who identified and reported the flaws, released a proof-of-concept for the bug.

"This vulnerability comprises a chain of two issues leading to remote code execution that can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers," Kheirkhah said.

The disclosure also follows a report from Mandiant, which unearthed active exploitation of another flaw in VMware Tools by a suspected Chinese actor dubbed UNC3886 to backdoor Windows and Linux hosts.

Users of Aria Operations for Networks are recommended to update to the latest version as soon as possible to mitigate potential risks.

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