Aria Operations Cloud Proxy shows port 8553 as active during vulnerability scans.
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Aria Operations Cloud Proxy shows port 8553 as active during vulnerability scans.

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Article ID: 421537

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Products

VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

Port 8553 is used by the cloud proxy for internal communication between the integrated docker containers.

Environment

Aria Operations 8.18.x

Resolution

Port 8553 is only usable within the cloud proxy appliance.  While it is broadcasting externally, access from outside the appliance is blocked by firewall.  This port is not listed on ports.broadcom.com as it can not be used by any external service.