CVE-2018-6961
VMware NSX SD-WAN Edge by VeloCloud prior to version 3.1.0 contains a command injection vulnerability in the local web UI component. This…
- 8.1HighCVSS base score
- 85.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 25 Mar 2022
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
VMware NSX SD-WAN Edge by VeloCloud prior to version 3.1.0 contains a command injection vulnerability in the local web UI component. This component is disabled by default and should not be enabled on untrusted networks. VeloCloud by VMware will be removing this service from the product in future releases. Successful exploitation of this issue could result in remote code execution.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as VMware SD-WAN Edge by VeloCloud Command Injection Vulnerability.
- Added
- 25 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 15 Apr 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 25 Mar 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits3
Nuclei templates1 template
- VMware NSX SD-WAN Edge - Command Injection (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-6961.yamlSeverity critical
Exploit-DB1 entry
- VMware NSX SD-WAN Edge < 3.1.2 - Command Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44959webapps, hardwarepublished 2 Jul 2018Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 44959 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By vmware
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 85.5% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Affected products
VMware · NSX SD-WAN by VeloCloud
- affected prior to version 3.1.0
References
5
- 104185 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 44959 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1041210 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0011.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-6961 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-18705 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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