{"id":"CVE-2026-22721","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-22721","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:17:08.204Z","title":"VMware Aria Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability.","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 .","published":"2026-02-25T21:16:40.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:20:18.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@vmware.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":["vmware/aria operations","vmware/cloud foundation","vmware/telco cloud infrastructure","vmware/telco cloud platform"],"epss":{"score":0.00739,"percentile":0.54303,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36947","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/aria/aria-operations/8-18/vmware-aria-operations-8186-release-notes.html","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"security@vmware.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22721","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}