Aria Operations For LogsApplication · VMware
CVE-2023-20865
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedVMware Aria Operations for Logs contains a command injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative privileges in VMware Aria Operations for Logs can execute arbitrary commands as root.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceVMware Aria Operations for Logs contains a command injection vulnerability allowing an authenticated attacker with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Aria Operations For LogsApplication
>= 8.6.0, < 8.12.0
Cloud FoundationApplication
>= 4.0, <= 4.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify VMware Aria Operations for Logs versionAccess the product administrative UI, navigate to the About or System Diagnostics section, or use the command line tool 'vmware-vrli --version' to determine the installed versionAffected if Installed version is 8.6.0 or higher but lower than 8.12.0
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Identify VMware Cloud Foundation versionIf the environment includes VMware Cloud Foundation, check the Cloud Foundation version through the SDDC Manager interface or using the 'vcf-cli get-version' commandAffected if VMware Cloud Foundation version is 4.0 through 4.5 inclusive (these versions bundle the vulnerable Aria Operations for Logs)
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Verify administrative interface accessibilityCheck network exposure of the Aria Operations for Logs administrative web interface by reviewing firewall rules, load balancer configurations, or using 'netstat' or 'ss' to identify listening ports 443/tcp on the applianceAffected if The administrative UI is exposed to network segments where untrusted users could potentially authenticate
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Confirm administrative user accounts existReview user authentication configuration in Aria Operations for Logs under Administration > Users to verify administrative accounts are configuredAffected if Administrative user accounts with root-level privileges are present in the system (these credentials would be required for exploitation)
The environment is affected if running VMware Aria Operations for Logs version 8.6.0 through 8.11.x, or VMware Cloud Foundation version 4.0 through 4.5, and the administrative interface is network-accessible to an authenticated attacker with administrative privileges.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped8.12.0
Apply vendor patches when available. Limit administrative access to trusted personnel only and enforce least privilege. Consider network segmentation to reduce attack surface.
Aria Operations for Logs 8.12.0 or later; Cloud Foundation - upgrade to a version incorporating fixed Aria Operations for Logs (consult VMware compatibility guides)
- Identify the current version of VMware Aria Operations for Logs or Cloud Foundation in your environment
- For Aria Operations for Logs: Plan an upgrade to version 8.12.0 or later
- For Cloud Foundation: Check VMware compatibility matrices and upgrade to a version that includes the fixed Aria Operations for Logs component
- Review VMware's upgrade documentation and release notes for the target version
- Schedule a maintenance window for the upgrade
- Perform a backup of current configuration data
- Execute the upgrade following VMware's official upgrade procedures
- Verify the upgrade was successful and the version is >= 8.12.0
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Aria Operations For Logs
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation6.0 h
- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-20865 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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