CVE-2018-6961
High 8.1 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- VMware SD-WAN Edge by VeloCloud Command Injection Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.1 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 85% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-78
Affected products
vmware: nsx sd-wan by velocloud
References
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0011.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0011.html Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44959/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44959/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104185 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041210 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104185 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041210 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018… US Government Resource