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CVE-2023-34051

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-34051 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting VMware Aria Operations for Logs. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to inject files, leading to remote code execution on the appliance. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not yet listed in CISA KEV, public exploit details and a technical deep dive have been published, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_operations_for_logs:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_operations_for_logs:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_operations_for_logs:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_operations_for_logs:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_operations_for_logs:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
44.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4467 is in the 96th 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

vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0021.html
PatchVendor Advisory