CVE-2022-31702 — vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) contains a command injection vulnerability prese

vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) contains a command injection vulnerability present in the vRNI REST API. A malicious actor with network access to the vRNI REST API can execute commands without authentication.

01What is this vulnerability?

vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) contains a command injection vulnerability present in the vRNI REST API. A malicious actor with network access to the vRNI REST API can execute commands without authentication.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)	6.x

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-22T16:03:44.213Z

09References

• www.vmware.com — https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0031.html