{"description":"Trending threats, MITRE ATT\u0026CK coverage, and detection metadata. Fed continuously.","favicon":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/favicon-32x32.png","feed_url":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/products/aos/feed.json","home_page_url":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/","icon":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/apple-touch-icon.png","items":[{"_cs_actors":[],"_cs_cpes":[],"_cs_cves":[],"_cs_exploited":false,"_cs_has_poc":false,"_cs_poc_references":[],"_cs_products":["AOS","Prism Central"],"_cs_severities":["high"],"_cs_tags":[],"_cs_type":"advisory","_cs_vendors":["Nutanix"],"content_html":"\u003cp\u003eNutanix has disclosed a critical security vulnerability affecting Nutanix AOS and Nutanix Prism Central that enables unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution with administrative privileges. By exploiting this flaw, an attacker can bypass existing security controls to gain full control over the affected infrastructure components. This vulnerability represents a significant risk to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of managed environments. Organizations utilizing Nutanix AOS or Prism Central are urged to evaluate their exposure and apply security patches or mitigations provided by the vendor immediately to prevent unauthorized access and potential system compromise.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"impact\"\u003eImpact\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuccessful exploitation of this vulnerability grants an attacker administrative-level access to Nutanix AOS or Prism Central environments. This allows for full compromise of the affected virtualization management infrastructure, potentially resulting in data exfiltration, lateral movement within the data center, and the disruption of critical business services managed by the Nutanix platform.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"recommendation\"\u003eRecommendation\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonitor vendor security channels for the release of security patches addressing this flaw in Nutanix AOS and Prism Central.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImplement network segmentation to restrict access to Prism Central management interfaces to known, authorized administrative hosts only.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudit logs for unauthorized access attempts or suspicious management traffic targeting the AOS and Prism Central control planes.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n","date_modified":"2026-10-16T16:27:59Z","date_published":"2026-10-16T16:27:59Z","id":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/briefs/2026-10-nutanix-rce/","summary":"A vulnerability in Nutanix AOS and Nutanix Prism Central allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to bypass security controls and execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.","title":"Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in Nutanix AOS and Prism Central","url":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/briefs/2026-10-nutanix-rce/"}],"language":"en","title":"CraftedSignal Threat Feed - AOS","version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1"}