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 .
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
VMware VMware Aria Operations
Default version status: affected
8.18.0 to < 8.18.6affected8.18.6unaffected
VMware VMware Cloud Foundation
Default version status: affected
4.0 to < 5.2.3affected9.0 to < 9.0.2affected5.2.3unaffected9.0.2unaffected
VMware VMware Telco Cloud Platform
Default version status: affected
4.0 to < 5.2.3affected5.2.3unaffected
VMware VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure
Default version status: affected
2.0 to < 5.2.3affected5.2.3unaffected