Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Aria Operations for Networks (formerly vRealize Network Insight) - CVE-2023-20888
Published: June 7, 2023 / Updated: June 9, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU77077
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20888
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
Aria Operations for Networks (formerly vRealize Network Insight)
Aria Operations for Networks (formerly vRealize Network Insight)
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 within the getNotifiedEvents method. A remote user 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-2023-20888
Install updates from vendor's website.