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CVE-2023-34039

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-08-29
  • Fixed in6.11.0
  • WeaknessCWE-327

Am I affected?

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Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-08-2918:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-34039?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-34039?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Vmware aria operations for networks
BranchAffectedFixed in
6.x≥ 6.2.0, < 6.11.06.11.0

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Vmware aria operations for networks to 6.11.0

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
5 repositories, unverifiedsinsinology/CVE-2023-34039CharonDefalt/CVE-2023-34039Cyb3rEnthusiast/CVE-2023-34039syedhafiz1234/CVE-2023-34039adminxb/CVE-2023-34039
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/linux/ssh/vmware_vrni_known_privkeyrank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-08-29
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-hvfm-xp6c-5fc9

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-34039?

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.

Is CVE-2023-34039 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2023-34039 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 67.2% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-34039?

CVE-2023-34039 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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