CVE-2022-31703: VMSA-2022-0031

Advisory ID: VMSA-2022-0031

CVSSv3 Range: 7.5-9.8

Issue Date: 2022-12-13

Updated On: 2022-12-13 (Initial Advisory)

CVE(s): CVE-2022-31702, CVE-2022-31703

Synopsis: VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) updates address command injection and directory traversal security vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-31702, CVE-2022-31703)

****1. Impacted Products****

• VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)

****2. Introduction****

Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)were privately reported to VMware. Patches and updates are available to remediate these vulnerabilities in affected VMware products.

****3a. VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) command injection vulnerability (CVE-2022-31702)****

vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) contains a command injection vulnerability present in the vRNI REST API. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.8.

A malicious actor with network access to the vRNI REST API can execute commands without authentication.

To remediate CVE-2022-31702 apply the fixes listed in the ‘Fixed Version’ column of the ‘Response Matrix’ below to affected deployments.

VMware would like to thank ZDI for reporting this vulnerability to us.

****3b. VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) contains a directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2022-31703)****

vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) directory traversal vulnerability in vRNI REST API. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the important severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 7.5.

A malicious actor with network access to the vRNI REST API can read arbitrary files from the server.

To remediate CVE-2022-31703 apply the updates listed in the ‘Fixed Version’ column of the ‘Response Matrix’ below to affected deployments.

VMware would like to thank ZDI for reporting this vulnerability to us.

Product

Version

Running On

CVE Identifier

CVSSv3

Severity

Fixed Version

Workarounds

Additional Documentation

VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)

6.8.0

Any

CVE-2022-31702, CVE-2022-31703

NA

N/A

Unaffected

NA

NA

VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)

6.7

Any

CVE-2022-31702, CVE-2022-31703

9.8, 7.5

critical

6.7 HF

None

NA

VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)

6.6

Any

CVE-2022-31702, CVE-2022-31703

9.8, 7.5

critical

6.6 HF

None

NA

VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)

6.5.x

Any

CVE-2022-31702, CVE-2022-31703

9.8, 7.5

critical

6.5.x HF

None

NA

VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)

6.4

Any

CVE-2022-31702, CVE-2022-31703

9.8, 7.5

critical

6.4 HF

None

NA

VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)

6.3

Any

CVE-2022-31702, CVE-2022-31703

9.8, 7.5

critical

6.3 HF

None

NA

VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)

6.2

Any

CVE-2022-31702, CVE-2022-31703

9.8, 7.5

critical

6.2 HF

None

NA

****4. References****

****5. Change Log****

2022-12-13 VMSA-2022-0031

Initial security advisory.

****6. Contact****