CVE-2025-22220 (GCVE-0-2025-22220)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-30 15:28 – Updated: 2026-02-26 19:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
VMware Aria Operations for Logs broken access control vulnerability (CVE-2025-22220)
Summary
VMware Aria Operations for Logs contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges and network access to Aria Operations for Logs API may be able to perform certain operations in the context of an admin user.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-01 04:55 UTC
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | VMware Aria Operations for Logs |
Affected:
8.x , < 8.18.3
(release)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2025-01-30 14:00
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