CVE-2023-20890

highpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.202 · 97 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

20.2% (97th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Aria Operations for Networks contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability. An authenticated malicious actor with administrative access to VMware Aria Operations for Networks can write files to arbitrary locations resulting in remote code execution.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–7.2

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.17.2highAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@vmware.comexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-434US

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a Aria Operations for Networks≤ Aria Operations for Networks 6.xenisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Aria Operations for Networks6.10.0 → 6.10.0 P4fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Aria Operations for Networks6.2.0 → 6.2.0 P9fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Aria Operations for Networks6.3.0 → 6.3.0 P6fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Aria Operations for Networks6.4.0 → 6.4.0 P10fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Aria Operations for Networks6.5.0 → 6.5.1 P8fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Aria Operations for Networks6.6.0 → 6.6.0 P6fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Aria Operations for Networks6.7.0 → 6.7.0 P6fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Aria Operations for Networks6.8.0 → 6.8.0 P3fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Aria Operations for Networks6.9.0 → 6.9.0 P5fstec_bduRU
vmware aria operations for networks6.2.0 → 6.11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_operations_for_networks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2213VMware Aria Operations for Networks: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-08-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in VMware Aria Operations for Networks ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen und beliebigen Code auszuführen.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-08-29modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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