CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-6961

8.1 HIGH Known exploited Published 2018-06-11 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VMware SD-WAN Edge by VeloCloud Command Injection Vulnerability — VMware SD-WAN Edge

VMware SD-WAN Edge by VeloCloud contains a command injection vulnerability in the local web UI component. Successful exploitation of this issue could result in remote code execution.

Added to KEV: 2022-03-25
Remediation due: 2022-04-15
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6961

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2018-06-11
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses: CWE-78

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.

Affected configurations

• vmware nsx sd-wan by velocloud (< 3.1.0)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness

References