VMware Advisory

Number: AV20-163
Date: 26 May 2020

On 8 May 2020 VMware released a security advisory that provided workarounds to mitigate vulnerabilities in SaltStack, a third party component of vRealize Operations Manager. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could allow an actor to bypass authentication AuthenticationA process or measure used to verify a users identity. or traverse directories.

On 15 May 2020 VMware released a security update to remediate the vulnerabilities.

The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the following link and apply the necessary updates:

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html

For more information on the SaltStack vulnerabilities, the Cyber Centre previously published an Alert on 5 May 2020:

https://cyber.gc.ca/en/alerts/saltstack-vulnerabilities-actively-exploited

Note to Readers

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