CVE-2026-22721

MEDIUM

VMware Aria Operations - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

VMware Aria Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges in vCenter to access Aria Operations may leverage this vulnerability to obtain administrative access in VMware Aria Operations. To remediate CVE-2026-22721, apply the patches listed in the 'Fixed Version' column of the 'Response Matrix' found in VMSA-2026-0001 https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36947 .

References (2)

[Various Sources] https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36947

[Various Sources] https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/aria/aria-operations/8-18/vmware-aria-operations-8186-release-notes.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.2

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 8.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Products (4)

vmware/aria_operations 8.0 - 8.18.6

vmware/cloud_foundation 4.0 - 5.2.3

vmware/telco_cloud_infrastructure 2.2 - 3.0

vmware/telco_cloud_platform 4.0 - 5.1

Published Feb 25, 2026

Tracked Since Feb 26, 2026