CVE-2020-4006
Actively exploited. CVE-2020-4006 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
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.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The products contain a command injection vulnerability.
- Who is affected
- An attacker with network access to the administrative configurator can exploit this vulnerability.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to the potential for unrestricted command execution.
- Action
- Apply the patches provided by VMware.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
⚡ Watch CVE-2020-4006
Get an email if CVE-2020-4006 is added to CISA KEV, gains public exploit code, or a new advisory cites it — max one per day, one-click unsubscribe.
Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 98% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2020-4006: Multiple VMware Products Command Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-11-03
External references
Embed the live status
— this badge updates automatically when the KEV or exploit status changes. How to embed it →
[](https://www.csirts.com/cve/CVE-2020-4006)