CVE-2026-22720
VMware Aria Operations stored cross-site scripting vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- vmware
Description
VMware Aria Operations contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges to create custom benchmarks may be able to inject script to perform administrative actions in VMware Aria Operations. To remediate CVE-2026-22720, apply the patches listed in the 'Fixed Version' column of the 'Response Matrix' of VMSA-2026-0001 https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36947https:// .
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmwareCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.0.
Weakness
Affected products
VMware · VMware Aria Operations
- affected 8.18.0 – < 8.18.6
- unaffected 8.18.6
VMware · VMware Cloud Foundation Operations
- affected 4.x – < 5.2.3
- affected 9.x.x – < 9.0.2
- unaffected 5.x – < 5.2.3
VMware · VMware Telco Cloud Platform
- affected 4.0 – < 5.2.3
- unaffected 5.2.3
VMware · VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure
- affected 2.0 – < 5.2.3
- unaffected 5.2.3
What to do
Solution: Apply the vendor patches listed in the 'Fixed Version' column of the Response Matrix of VMSA-2026-0001 https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36947 . Fixed versions include VMware Aria Operations 8.18.6 (for 8.x) and VMware Cloud Foundation Operations 9.0.2.0 (for 9.x).
References (2)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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