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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-20890

Aria Operations for Networks contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability.

HIGH 7.2EPSS 20.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Aria Operations for Networks contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability. An authenticated malicious actor with administrative access to VMware Aria Operations for Networks can write files to arbitrary locations resulting in remote code execution.

CVSS 3.1
7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
20.16% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
vmware/aria operations for networks
Source
security@vmware.com
EPSS trend
0%13%25%3 November 2026: 20.16%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 20.2% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.