CVE-2025-22231

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 5 %ileDEEURU

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.16% (5th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@vmware.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USCWE-269US

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Google Cloud Platformall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:google:cloud_platform:-
VMware Aria Operations <8.18 HF 5all versionscert_bundDE
VMware Cloud Foundation 4.xall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.x
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.xall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:vmware:cloud_foundation:5.x
VMware Aria Operations< 8.18 HF 5cert_bundDE
VMware VMware Aria Operations8.x → 8.18 HF5enisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Aria Operations≤ 8.18 HF 5fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundationall versionsfstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure≤ 8.18 HF 5fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Telco Cloud Platform≤ 8.18 HF 5fstec_bduRU

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-0676VMware Aria Operations: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2025-04-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in VMware Aria Operations und VMware Cloud Foundation ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-04-01modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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