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CVE-2025-22220: VMware Aria Operations for Logs broken access control vulnerability (CVE-2025-22220)
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-01-30 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-269
Description
VMware Aria Operations for Logs contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges and network access to Aria Operations for Logs API may be able to perform certain operations in the context of an admin user.
Affected products
- VMware Aria Operations for Logs: from 8.0 before 8.18.3 — fixed in 8.18.3
- VMware Cloud Foundation: from 4.0 through 5.2
- VMware Aria Operations for Logs: from 8.x before 8.18.3 — fixed in 8.18.3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.18.3; VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.18.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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