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CVE-2025-22231

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductVMware Aria operations
PublishedApr 1, 2025
First seenApr 1, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-269Improper privilege management

How to fix

Update
  • VMware VMware Aria operations8.18 HF5 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
VMware VMware Aria operations8.x ≤ v < 8.18 HF58.18 HF5

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