CVE-2025-22231 | BDVDB-2026-272811 Detail

VMwareVMware Aria operations

Description#

VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges can escalate their privileges to root on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: local.

Weaknesses#

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References#

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25541

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12025-04-01Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2025-04-01
Last modified: 2025-04-01

Vendor information

Vendor: VMware
Product: VMware Aria operations

All VMware vulnerabilities

Score

7.8 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 4.8.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Privilege Escalation

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
>= 8.x and < 8.18 HF5
Fixed
8.18 HF5

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

7.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).