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GHSA-P743-H3F6-5F74

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-25 21:31 – Updated: 2026-03-04 18:31

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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 .

Severity

6.2 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

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CVE-2026-22721 (GCVE-0-2026-22721)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-25 20:00 – Updated: 2026-02-27 04:55

Title

VMware Aria Operations privilege escalation vulnerability

Summary

Severity

6.2 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-02-24 00:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

vmware mitre root Scorecard

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-cont…	vendor-advisory
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/ar…	release-notes

Impacted products

4 products

Vendor	Product	Version
VMware	VMware Aria Operations	Affected: 8.18.0 , < 8.18.6 (custom) Unaffected: 8.18.6
VMware	VMware Cloud Foundation	Affected: 4.0 , < 5.2.3 (custom) Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.2 (custom) Unaffected: 5.2.3 Unaffected: 9.0.2
VMware	VMware Telco Cloud Platform	Affected: 4.0 , < 5.2.3 (custom) Unaffected: 5.2.3 (custom)
VMware	VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure	Affected: 2.0 , < 5.2.3 (custom) Unaffected: 5.2.3 (custom)

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