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CVE-2022-31706: The vRealize Log Insight contains a Directory Traversal Vulnerability.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 65/100)

A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 87% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.7% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Until a fix is released, restrict access to the affected component and follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

The vRealize Log Insight contains a Directory Traversal Vulnerability. An unauthenticated, malicious actor can inject files into the operating system of an impacted appliance which can result in remote code execution.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—Weaponized No fix recorded

BDU:2023-00393

Published: Jan 26, 2023
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 87.0% · 99th percentile
CWE: CWE-22

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This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS: 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 26 / 30 · 87.0%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: proof of concept
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Vendor	Product	CPE
vmware	vrealize log insight	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_log_insight

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

vmware vrealize log insight3.0 and later · up to 4.8 inclusive
vmware vrealize log insight8.0.0 and later · before 8.10.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (vmware). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

n/a vRealize Log Insight (vRLI)
- vRealize Log Insight 8.10.1 and prioraffected

Same product

vmware: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2022-31704The vRealize Log Insight contains a broken access control vulnerability.
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CVE-2022-31711VMware vRealize Log Insight contains an Information Disclosure Vulnerability.
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CVE-2016-2082Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in VMware vRealize Log Insight 2.x and 3.x before 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to hijack th
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Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2022-31655Jul 12, 2022 · VMware vRealize Log Insight in versions prior to 8.8.2 contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability due to improper input sanitizatio
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← EarlierCVE-2022-31703Dec 14, 2022 · The vRealize Log Insight contains a Directory Traversal Vulnerability.
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Later →CVE-2022-31710Jan 26, 2023 · vRealize Log Insight contains a deserialization vulnerability.
30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

Metasploit module ×1
Nuclei detection template ×1

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Metasploit module	exploit/linux/http/vmware_vrli_rceVMware vRealize Log Insight Unauthenticated RCEexploit	2023-01-24
Nuclei detection template	Nuclei template CVE-2022-31706	—

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

MetasploitJan 24, 2023-3 d
PublishedJan 26, 2023
TodayNov 2, 2026+1376 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

TR-23-0046 · Jan 25, 2023(VMware Güvenlik Güncellemesi)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/174606/VMware-vRealize-Log-Insight-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html

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