CVE-2026-22721

VMware Aria Operations privilege escalation vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 6.2 Medium
Published: Feb 25, 2026
Updated: Feb 27, 2026
Reserved: Jan 9, 2026

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 .

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.2 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L	vmware

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
VMware Aria OperationsVMware	8.18.0 to before 8.18.6Affected 8.18.6Not affected
VMware Cloud FoundationVMware	4.0 to before 5.2.3Affected 9.0 to before 9.0.2Affected 5.2.3Not affected 9.0.2Not affected
VMware Telco Cloud PlatformVMware	4.0 to before 5.2.3Affected 5.2.3Not affected
VMware Telco Cloud InfrastructureVMware	2.0 to before 5.2.3Affected 5.2.3Not affected

References

VMSA-2026-0001: VMware Aria Operations updates (includes CVE-2026-22721)vendor-advisory
VMware Aria Operations 8.18.6 Release Notes (resolves CVE-2026-22721)release-notes

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