VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

published 2024-02-21 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-19807

cvss: 6.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
public exploits: 0; none known

VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to the local system can escalate privileges to 'root'.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

vmware aria_operations 9.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-02-21)

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

n/a VMware Aria Operations
vmware aria_operations

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Technology feeds

VMware rss critical rss

References

vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2024-0004.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-22235
NVD CVE-2024-22235

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Summary