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Stored XSS in VMware Cloud Foundation Operations

IdentifiersCVE-2026-41724CWE-79

CVE-2026-41724 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability affecting VMware Cloud Foundation Operations. According to the provided advisory content, the product contains multiple stored XSS flaws that can be triggered when a malicious actor with privileges to create policies, views, or text widgets injects script content into the application. When that stored content is later rendered in the VMware Cloud Foundation Operations interface, the injected script may execute in a victim user's browser and can be leveraged to perform administrative actions within the platform.

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Impact

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Successful exploitation can allow execution of attacker-controlled script in the context of a user's browser session within VMware Cloud Foundation Operations, enabling administrative actions to be performed through that session. The provided CVSS v3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) indicates high potential impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Mitigation

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If immediate patching is not possible, limit the ability to create or modify policies, views, and text widgets to only highly trusted administrators, review existing user-created content for injected script payloads, and monitor administrative dashboards and related interfaces for suspicious stored content. Reduce exposure by restricting access to the management interface and prioritizing patch deployment per the Broadcom advisory.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Broadcom provided security updates to remediate the issue. The supplied content states that administrators should apply the latest patches immediately and identifies VMware Aria Operations version 8.18.6 as a fixed version in the related product line. Organizations should audit affected VMware Cloud Foundation Operations and related deployments and upgrade to vendor-fixed releases referenced in Broadcom advisory 37513.
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