Aria Operations for Networks contains an Authentication Bypass vulnerability due to a lack of unique cryptographic key generation. A malicious actor with network access to Aria Operations for Networks could bypass SSH authentication to gain access to the Aria Operations for Networks CLI.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34039
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0018.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174452/VMWare-Aria-Operations-For-Networks-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175320/VMWare-Aria-Operations-For-Networks-SSH-Private-Key-Exposure.html