Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2020-4006

Multiple VMware Products Command Injection Vulnerability

Published Nov 23, 2020 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · VMware Multiple Products

Patch now

CVE-2020-4006 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm VMware Multiple Products against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Critical9.1
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
17.30%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe vmware/cloud foundation · cpe vmware/identity manager · cpe vmware/identity manager connector · cpe vmware/one access · vendor VMware Multiple Products

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.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe vmware/cloud foundation4.0
  • cpe vmware/identity manager3.3.1
  • cpe vmware/identity manager3.3.2
  • cpe vmware/identity manager3.3.3
  • cpe vmware/identity manager connector3.3.1
  • cpe vmware/identity manager connector3.3.2
  • cpe vmware/one access20.01
  • cpe vmware/one access20.10
  • vendor VMware Multiple Productsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2020-4006

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2020-4006 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm VMware Multiple Products against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with vmware/cloud foundation 4.0; vmware/identity manager 3.3.1; vmware/identity manager 3.3.2; vmware/identity manager 3.3.3. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-78: OS Command Injection. EPSS 17.30%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 23, 2020 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-4006

    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.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-4006

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-4006

    30-day exploitation probability 17.3%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2020-4006

    VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector address have a command injection vulnerability.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-4006

    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 accou

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.