CVE-2017-4947: VMware vRealize Automation

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 8.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

VMware vRealize Automation (7.3 and 7.2) and vSphere Integrated Containers (1.x before 1.3) contain a deserialization vulnerability via Xenon. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the appliance.

Affected products

• VMware vRealize Automation: version 7.2.0 only; version 7.3.0 only
• VMware Vsphere Integrated Containers: before 1.3.0 (fixed in 1.3.0)

Published 2018-01-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.