CVE-2026-22720 (GCVE-0-2026-22720)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-25 19:33 – Updated: 2026-02-26 04:56
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Title
VMware Aria Operations stored cross-site scripting vulnerability
Summary
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:// .
Severity ?
8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
VMware VMware Aria Operations Affected: 8.18.0 , < 8.18.6 (custom)
Unaffected: 8.18.6
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    VMware VMware Cloud Foundation Affected: 4.0 , < 5.2.3 (custom)
Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.2 (custom)
Unaffected: 5.2.3
Affected: 9.0.2
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    VMware VMware Telco Cloud Platform Affected: 4.0 , < 5.2.3 (custom)
Unaffected: 5.2.3 (custom)
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    VMware VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure Affected: 2.0 , < 5.2.3 (custom)
Unaffected: 5.2.3
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