CVE-2026-22721

medium VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 75% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Published: February 25, 2026 (77 days ago)
Last Modified: March 4, 2026
Vendor: VMware

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 .

CWE

CWE-269

Affected Products

vmware aria operationsvmware cloud foundationvmware telco cloud infrastructurevmware telco cloud platform

References

🔗 support.broadcom.com 🔗 techdocs.broadcom.com