CVE-2024-22235

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to the local system can escalate privileges to 'root'.

Affected products

VMware Aria Operations: from 8.6.0 before 8.16.0 — fixed in 8.16.0
VMware Cloud Foundation: from 4.0 through 5.2
VMware Aria Operations: from 8.0 before 9.0 — fixed in 9.0
VMware Aria Operations: VMware Aria Operations 8.x

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Aria Operations 8.16.0; VMware Aria Operations 9.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2024-0004.html
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2024-0004.html

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