Aria Operations For LogsApplication · VMware
CVE-2025-22218
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedVMware Aria Operations for Logs contains an information disclosure vulnerability. A malicious actor with View Only Admin permissions may be able to read the credentials of a VMware product integrated with VMware Aria Operations for Logs
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceVMware Aria Operations for Logs has an information disclosure vulnerability where a user with View Only Admin permissions can read credentials of integrated VMware products. This is an authorization bypass where read-only administrators can access sensitive credential storage that should be restricted to higher-privilege roles.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Aria Operations For LogsApplication
>= 8.0, < 8.18.3
Cloud FoundationApplication
>= 4.0, <= 5.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify VMware Aria Operations for Logs versionAccess the VMware Aria Operations for Logs admin UI, navigate to the About or System Diagnostics section, or use the command line: 'vmware-vrlclient -h' or check /opt/vmware/loginsight/version for the installed version stringAffected if Installed version is 8.0 or higher but lower than 8.18.3
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Identify VMware Cloud Foundation versionCheck the VMware Cloud Foundation inventory or use the SDDC Manager interface to view the deployed product versions, or check the bundle manifest for 'aria-operations-for-logs' component versionAffected if VMware Cloud Foundation version is 4.0 through 5.2 inclusive with Aria Operations for Logs deployed
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Verify presence of View Only Admin role assignmentsIn the VMware Aria Operations for Logs admin UI, navigate to Identity and Access Management > Users/Groups. Look for any users or groups explicitly assigned the 'View Only Admin' role, or query via API: GET /api/v2/users with role filterAffected if Any user account is assigned the View Only Admin role in the system
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Check for integrated product credentialsIn the VMware Aria Operations for Logs admin UI, navigate to Configuration > Products. Review any configured integrations to VMware products (vCenter Server, vRealize Suite, etc.) that store authentication credentials within the systemAffected if One or more VMware product integrations are configured with stored credentials in the system
Your environment is affected if you run VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.0-8.18.2 or VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0-5.2 AND have users with View Only Admin role AND have integrated VMware products with stored credentials.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped8.18.3
Apply VMware's patch for CVE-2025-22218 when available. In the interim, review and restrict View Only Admin role assignments to only necessary users and monitor for unauthorized credential access attempts.
Aria Operations for Logs 8.18.3 or later
- Log in to the VMware Aria Operations for Logs admin interface
- Navigate to the Administration or Settings section
- Locate the upgrade or update option
- Initiate upgrade to version 8.18.3 or later
- Verify the upgrade completed successfully
- Confirm the vulnerability is resolved by checking the new version number
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Aria Operations For Logs
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation2.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-22218 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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