Authentication Bypass in Aria Operations for Networks by VMware
CVE-2023-34039

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 August 2023

Badges

πŸ‘Ύ Exploit Exists🟑 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 95%πŸ“° News Worthy

Summary

Aria Operations for Networks faces a significant vulnerability that allows malicious actors with network access to bypass SSH authentication. This is primarily due to the absence of unique cryptographic key generation, which could potentially enable unauthorized access to the command line interface. Organizations utilizing this product are urged to implement immediate security measures to mitigate the risk of exploitation.

Affected Version(s)

Aria Operations for Networks Aria Operations for Networks 6.x

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

News Articles

PoC exploit code released for CVE-2023-34039 bug in VMware Aria Operations for Networks

Researcher released PoC exploit code for a recent critical flaw (CVE-2023-34039) in VMware Aria Operations for Networks.

1 year ago

VMware fixes critical vulnerability in Aria Operations for Networks (CVE-2023-34039) - Help Net Security

VMware has patched one critical (CVE-2023-34039) and one high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2023-20890) in its Aria Operations for Networks.

1 year ago

References

EPSS Score

95% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟑

    Public PoC available

  • πŸ‘Ύ

    Exploit known to exist

  • πŸ“°

    First article discovered by Help Net Security

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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