CVE-2023-20899 — VMware SD-WAN (Edge) contains a bypass authentication vulnerability

VMware SD-WAN (Edge) contains a bypass authentication vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker can download the Diagnostic bundle of the application under VMware SD-WAN Management.

01What is this vulnerability?

VMware SD-WAN (Edge) contains a bypass authentication vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker can download the Diagnostic bundle of the application under VMware SD-WAN Management.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / VMware SD	WAN (Edge) — VMware SD-WAN (Edge) 4.5.x, VMware SD-WAN (Edge) 5.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: 2023-07-06T22:29:19.852Z
• Last modified: 2024-11-14T20:51:48.993Z

09References

• www.vmware.com — https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0015.html