VMware Aria Operations privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Aria Operations, Cloud Foundation, Telco Cloud Platform and Telco Cloud Infrastructure. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-22721. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in VMware Aria Operations, Cloud Foundation, Telco Cloud Platform and Telco Cloud Infrastructure (version now known) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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 .

The advisory is shared for download at support.broadcom.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-22721 since 01/09/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. 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 03/04/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 300235 (VMWare Aria Operations 8.x < 8.18.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2026-0001)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (300235). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 300235
Nessus Name: VMWare Aria Operations 8.x < 8.18.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2026-0001)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/09/2026 CVE reserved
02/26/2026 +48 days Advisory disclosed
02/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/04/2026 +6 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: support.broadcom.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-22721 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-22721
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-347836
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 02/26/2026 01:10
Updated: 03/04/2026 19:28
Changes: 02/26/2026 01:10 (62), 03/01/2026 04:23 (1), 03/03/2026 07:46 (2), 03/04/2026 19:28 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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