Deserialization of Untrusted Data in VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations) and Cloud Foundation - CVE-2023-20878
Published: May 12, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU76055
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20878
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations)
Cloud Foundation
VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations)
Cloud Foundation
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-20878
Install updates from vendor's website.