CVE-2026-22721

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Publication date:

25/02/2026

Last modified:

04/03/2026

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 &#39;Fixed Version&#39; column of the &#39;Response Matrix&#39; found in VMSA-2026-0001 https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36947 .

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.20 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x

6.20

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_operations::::::::	8.0 (including)	8.18.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation::::::::	4.0 (including)	5.2.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation::::::::	9.0 (including)	9.0.2.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure::::::::	2.2 (including)	3.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform::::::::	4.0 (including)	5.1 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2026-22721

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools