CVE-2026-22721

EUVD-2026-8725

25.02.2026, 21:16

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 .

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	6.2 MEDIUM	NETWORK	HIGH	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: Unknown

Affected Products (NVD)

Vendor	Product	Version
vmware	aria_operations	8.0 ≤ 𝑥 < 8.18.6
vmware	cloud_foundation	4.0 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.2.3
vmware	cloud_foundation	9.0 ≤ 𝑥 < 9.0.2.0
vmware	telco_cloud_infrastructure	2.2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3.0
vmware	telco_cloud_platform	4.0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 5.1

𝑥

= Vulnerable software versions

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

References

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

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