CVE-2026-22721 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Aria Operations, also affecting VMware Cloud Foundation, Telco Cloud Infrastructure, and Telco Cloud Platform. An attacker with existing vCenter privileges can exploit this to gain administrative access within Aria Operations, posing a high risk with a CVSS score of 7.2. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.0, < 8.18.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_operations:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0, < 5.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0, < 9.0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.2, <= 3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0, <= 5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.