VMware Aria Ops for Logs Privilege Escalation via API
CVE-2025-22220 Published on January 30, 2025
VMware Aria Operations for Logs broken access control vulnerability (CVE-2025-22220)
VMware Aria Operations for Logs contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges and network access to Aria Operations for Logs API may be able to perform certain operations in the context of an admin user.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-22220 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-22220
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Affected Versions
VMware Aria Operations for Logs:- Version 8.x and below 8.18.3 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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