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CVE-2023-20887
Vmware Aria Operations for Networks Command Injection Vulnerability. Exploitation in the wild is confirmed by CISA, not predicted. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2023-07-13 (that deadline has passed); treat that date as the outer bound for your own environment. The fix is in the vendor advisory: Broadcom (VMware) Security Advisories, linked below.
Actively exploited VMware Aria Operations for Networks vulnerability, Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. Added to the CISA KEV catalog 2023-06-22.
Risk summary
Updated July 28, 2026. Data refreshed on every build from MSRC, CISA KEV, and FIRST EPSS.
Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2023-20887
VMware Aria Operations for Networks, formerly vRealize Network Insight, falls to a command injection giving remote code execution to anyone with network access, rated Critical (CVSS 9.8) with a 98% EPSS score. Network monitoring platforms authenticate to the infrastructure they watch, so compromising one yields both visibility and credentials. Exploitation was confirmed by CISA in June 2023, shortly after a public exploit emerged.
Do this: Patch Aria Operations for Networks and restrict its management interface to administrative networks only.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2023-20887
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Full tracking and change history for CVE-2023-20887
Published and last-revised dates are authoritative, from Microsoft MSRC (or the CISA KEV date-added). Senserva additionally records day-to-day changes from 2026-07-07, refreshed several times a day; the change count reflects that forward-only tracking.
CISA required action
Federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date: 2023-07-13 (past due).
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Official fix for CVE-2023-20887
The authoritative fix and affected-version list are published by the vendor. Find the Aria Operations for Networks advisory on Broadcom (VMware) Security Advisories.
Common questions about CVE-2023-20887
Is CVE-2023-20887 actively exploited?
Yes. CVE-2023-20887 was added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2023-06-22, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed, not predicted. Its EPSS 30-day exploitation probability is 98%.
What is the CISA deadline and required action for CVE-2023-20887?
CISA set the federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date at 2023-07-13, which has passed; treat any unremediated system as overdue. The verbatim required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What fixes CVE-2023-20887?
The authoritative fix is in the vendor advisory: see Broadcom (VMware) Security Advisories for the patched Aria Operations for Networks versions and any workarounds. KEV listing makes this a fix-first item: patch it ahead of higher-CVSS issues nobody is exploiting.
Can I ask my own AI about CVE-2023-20887?
Yes. This page includes a free, ready-to-paste AI prompt containing CVE-2023-20887's key facts: severity, CVSS, EPSS, the KEV date, the CISA due date, and the required action. Copy it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot; the data is refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central).
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