Medium 6.2Published Feb 25, 2026

CVE-2026-22721VMware Aria Operations privilege escalation vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 3:30 AM ET)

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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 .

CVSS: 6.2 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-269
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: vmware
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Feb 26, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

VMware VMware Aria Operations vmware:aria_operations (from the name)	from 8.18.0 before 8.18.6; 8.18.6 not affected	CNA record
VMware VMware Cloud Foundation vmware:cloud_foundation (from the name)	from 4.0 before 5.2.3; from 9.0 before 9.0.2; 5.2.3 not affected; 9.0.2 not affected	CNA record
VMware VMware Telco Cloud Platform vmware:telco_cloud_platform (from the name)	from 4.0 before 5.2.3; 5.2.3 not affected	CNA record
VMware VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure (from the name)	from 2.0 before 5.2.3; 5.2.3 not affected	CNA record
vmware aria_operations vmware:aria_operations	from 8.0 before 8.18.6	NVD
vmware cloud_foundation vmware:cloud_foundation	from 4.0 before 5.2.3; from 9.0 before 9.0.2.0	NVD
vmware telco_cloud_infrastructure vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure	from 2.2 through 3.0	NVD
vmware telco_cloud_platform vmware:telco_cloud_platform	from 4.0 through 5.1	NVD

References

References

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36947	vendor-advisory, patch
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/aria/aria-operations/8-18/vmware-aria-operations-8186-release-notes.html	release-notes

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