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 .
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- high
- Privileges
- high
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- high
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- low
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- VMWARE
- Published
- 2/25/2026
- Last Modified
- 3/4/2026
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
vmware : aria_operationsvmware : cloud_foundationvmware : cloud_foundationvmware : telco_cloud_infrastructurevmware : telco_cloud_platform
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