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CVE-2026-22721

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 .
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:fd3d09c121849ff4f325b70d79876f0165b0ecf6167741ca0fe0fdfda958a06d
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 4 assertions

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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:47857e8bad2d10161ed540f131a2ec9d361ed7696de6701df5428d2f8b161e60 · sha256:7aa8d6c8b8d8b83c… · /containers/cna/affected/0

{"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"vmware-telco-cloud-platform","product":"VMware Telco Cloud Platform","vendor":"VMware","versions":[{"lessThan":"5.2.3","status":"affected","version":"4.0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"5.2.3","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:47857e8bad2d10161ed540f131a2ec9d361ed7696de6701df5428d2f8b161e60 · sha256:7aa8d6c8b8d8b83c… · /containers/cna/affected/2

{"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"vmware-telco-cloud-infrastructure","product":"VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure","vendor":"VMware","versions":[{"lessThan":"5.2.3","status":"affected","version":"2.0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"5.2.3","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:47857e8bad2d10161ed540f131a2ec9d361ed7696de6701df5428d2f8b161e60 · sha256:7aa8d6c8b8d8b83c… · /containers/cna/affected/3

{"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"vmware-cloud-foundation-operations","product":"VMware Cloud Foundation","vendor":"VMware","versions":[{"lessThan":"5.2.3","status":"affected","version":"4.0","versionType":"custom"},{"lessThan":"9.0.2","status":"affected","version":"9.0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"5.2.3"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"9.0.2"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:47857e8bad2d10161ed540f131a2ec9d361ed7696de6701df5428d2f8b161e60 · sha256:7aa8d6c8b8d8b83c… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Affected products and versions

4 source assertions
{"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"vmware-aria-operations","product":"VMware Aria Operations","vendor":"VMware","versions":[{"lessThan":"8.18.6","status":"affected","version":"8.18.0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"8.18.6"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:47857e8bad2d10161ed540f131a2ec9d361ed7696de6701df5428d2f8b161e60 · sha256:7aa8d6c8b8d8b83c… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"vmware-telco-cloud-platform","product":"VMware Telco Cloud Platform","vendor":"VMware","versions":[{"lessThan":"5.2.3","status":"affected","version":"4.0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"5.2.3","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:47857e8bad2d10161ed540f131a2ec9d361ed7696de6701df5428d2f8b161e60 · sha256:7aa8d6c8b8d8b83c… · /containers/cna/affected/2
{"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"vmware-telco-cloud-infrastructure","product":"VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure","vendor":"VMware","versions":[{"lessThan":"5.2.3","status":"affected","version":"2.0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"5.2.3","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:47857e8bad2d10161ed540f131a2ec9d361ed7696de6701df5428d2f8b161e60 · sha256:7aa8d6c8b8d8b83c… · /containers/cna/affected/3
{"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"vmware-cloud-foundation-operations","product":"VMware Cloud Foundation","vendor":"VMware","versions":[{"lessThan":"5.2.3","status":"affected","version":"4.0","versionType":"custom"},{"lessThan":"9.0.2","status":"affected","version":"9.0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"5.2.3"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"9.0.2"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:47857e8bad2d10161ed540f131a2ec9d361ed7696de6701df5428d2f8b161e60 · sha256:7aa8d6c8b8d8b83c… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":6.2,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:47857e8bad2d10161ed540f131a2ec9d361ed7696de6701df5428d2f8b161e60 · sha256:7aa8d6c8b8d8b83c… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-269","description":"CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:47857e8bad2d10161ed540f131a2ec9d361ed7696de6701df5428d2f8b161e60 · sha256:7aa8d6c8b8d8b83c… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"name":"VMSA-2026-0001: VMware Aria Operations updates (includes CVE-2026-22721)","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36947"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:47857e8bad2d10161ed540f131a2ec9d361ed7696de6701df5428d2f8b161e60 · sha256:7aa8d6c8b8d8b83c… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"VMware Aria Operations 8.18.6 Release Notes (resolves CVE-2026-22721)","tags":["release-notes"],"url":"https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/aria/aria-operations/8-18/vmware-aria-operations-8186-release-notes.html"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:47857e8bad2d10161ed540f131a2ec9d361ed7696de6701df5428d2f8b161e60 · sha256:7aa8d6c8b8d8b83c… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

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