VMware Aria Operations for Logs up to 8.18.2 API privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Aria Operations for Logs up to 8.18.2. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component API. The manipulation results in Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-22220. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in VMware Aria Operations for Logs up to 8.18.2. Affected is some unknown processing of the component API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at support.broadcom.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-22220 since 01/02/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/15/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 8.18.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Aria Operations for Logs 8.18.3

Timelineinfo

01/02/2025 🔍
01/30/2025 +28 days 🔍
01/30/2025 +0 days 🔍
05/15/2025 +105 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: support.broadcom.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-22220 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-22220
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-294132
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 01/30/2025 17:28
Updated: 05/15/2025 03:44
Changes: 01/30/2025 17:28 (62), 02/06/2025 15:29 (3), 05/15/2025 03:44 (9)
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