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 .

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To remediate CVE-2026-22721, apply the vendor patches listed in the 'Fixed Version' column of the Response Matrix in  VMSA-2026-0001 https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36947 . Fixed versions include VMware Aria Operations 8.18.6 (for 8.x) and VMware Cloud Foundation Operations 9.0.2.0 (for 9.x).


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Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Vmware aria Operations
Vmware cloud Foundation
Vmware telco Cloud Infrastructure
Vmware telco Cloud Platform

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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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 '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 .
Title VMware Aria Operations privilege escalation vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-27T04:55:47.793Z

Reserved: 2026-01-09T06:54:36.841Z

Link: CVE-2026-22721

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-26T14:07:43.355Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-25T21:16:40.277

Modified: 2026-02-27T14:06:59.787

Link: CVE-2026-22721

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-26T13:14:50Z

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