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CVE-2023-20887

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-20887 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting VMware Aria Operations for Networks, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector and low complexity, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit modules available for Metasploit and Nuclei, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.2.0, <= 6.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_operations_for_networks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
98.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Jun 22, 2023
Metasploit: VMWare Aria Operations for Networks (vRealize Network Insight) pre-authenticated RCE · Jun 7, 2023
Nuclei: CVE-2023-20887 · Jun 13, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9828 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/173761/VMWare-Aria-Operations-For-Networks-Remote-Command-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0012.html
PatchVendor Advisory