CVEs / CVE-2020-4006

CVE-2020-4006: Multiple VMware Products Command Injection Vulnerability

Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 3 Nov 2021
critical 9.1 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
EPSS 17.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
Last changed at its sources 17 Jun 2026

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Summary

VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector contain a command injection vulnerability. An attacker with network access to the administrative configurator on port 8443 and a valid password for the configurator administrator account can execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the underlying operating system.
CISA, Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Description

VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector address have a command injection vulnerability.
The CVE record, via NVD · published 23 Nov 2020 · NVD status: Analyzed

Affected and fixed versions

As stated by the CVE record (from the CNA)
Product	Affected	Fixed in
n/a VMware Workspace One Access (Access), VMware Workspace One Access Connector (Access Connector), VMware Identity Manager (vIDM), VMware Identity Manager Connector (vIDM Connector), VMware Cloud Foundation, vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager	Multiple	—

Exploitation

In CISA KEV since	3 Nov 2021
Due date for US federal agencies	3 May 2022
Used in ransomware campaigns	Unknown
Required action	Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity

CVSS 3.1	9.1 critical `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H` Scored by NVD
Weakness	CWE-78

References

CVE-2020-4006 on NVD
CVE-2020-4006 in the CISA KEV catalog
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0027.html Vendor Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/724367 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-4006 US Government Resource

Sources

Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.

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