Aria Operations For LogsApplication · VMware
CVE-2025-22220
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 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.
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 · moderate confidenceVMware Aria Operations for Logs contains a privilege escalation vulnerability where a non-administrative user with network access to the API can perform certain operations in the context of an admin user, effectively bypassing authorization controls.
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
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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 installed VMware Aria Operations for Logs versionAccess the product admin UI or check the version through the API endpoint /casa/version. Compare the version number against the affected range: 8.0.0 through 8.18.2 (versions below 8.18.3 are affected).Affected if Installed version is 8.0 or higher but less than 8.18.3
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Check if VMware Cloud Foundation is deployedVerify if VMware Cloud Foundation (versions 4.0 through 5.2) is in use in the environment, as it bundles the affected Aria Operations for Logs component.Affected if VMware Cloud Foundation versions 4.0 through 5.2 are deployed
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Assess API network exposureReview firewall rules, access control lists, and network segmentation configurations to determine if the Aria Operations for Logs API port (port 443 by default) is accessible from untrusted network segments or external IPs.Affected if The API is accessible from network locations outside the trusted admin workstation range
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Review user account privilegesQuery the Aria Operations for Logs user directory to enumerate non-administrative accounts that have API access permissions.Affected if There are non-admin users granted API access permissions
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Audit API activity logs for privilege escalation indicatorsSearch the Aria Operations for Logs internal audit logs for API calls where the authenticated user role does not match the operation performed, particularly admin-level operations executed by standard user accounts.Affected if API audit logs show admin-context operations performed by non-administrative users
You are affected if Aria Operations for Logs version 8.0 through 8.18.2 or VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0-5.2 is deployed and the API is accessible to non-admin users.
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.
From vendor data8.18.3
Restrict network access to the Aria Operations for Logs API to trusted users only, and apply VMware's patch when released. Monitor API activity for anomalous admin-level operations from standard users.
Fix this in Aria Operations For Logs
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 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-2025-22220 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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