Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 25, 2026· Updated Feb 27, 2026

VMware Aria Operations privilege escalation vulnerability

CVE-2026-22721

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 .

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Affected products

VMware/Aria Operationsllm-create2 versions
(expand)+ 1 more
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 8.18.0
VMware/Cloud Foundationcpe-rescue
Range: 4.0
VMware/VMware Infrastructure Clientcpe-rescue
Range: 2.0
VMware/VMware Telco Cloud Platformv5
Range: 4.0

Patches

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References

support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36947mitrevendor-advisory
techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/aria/aria-operations/8-18/vmware-aria-operations-8186-release-notes.htmlmitrerelease-notes

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