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CVE-2026-22721 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Aria Operations. An attacker who already has privileges in vCenter sufficient to access Aria Operations can leverage the flaw to obtain administrative access within Aria Operations. Available reporting indicates the issue is associated with modification of authentication sources and arises in deployments where Aria Operations permits vCenter users to log in and maps them into an Aria role with enough privileges to further elevate access. The vulnerability was addressed by Broadcom in VMSA-2026-0001.
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A previously disclosed Aria Operations vulnerability mentioned only as historical background.
A vulnerability from VMware advisory VMSA-2026-0001 referenced in the vendor security history summary.
A privilege escalation vulnerability mentioned only as part of prior VMware advisory history.
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Broadcom VMware Aria Operations that allows modification of authentication sources, enabling a vCenter user mapped to Aria PowerUser to create or control administrative access within Aria.
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Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.