Aria OperationsApplication · VMware
CVE-2025-22222
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 contains an information disclosure vulnerability. A malicious user with non-administrative privileges may exploit this vulnerability to retrieve credentials for an outbound plugin if a valid service credential ID is known.
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 contains an information disclosure vulnerability where a malicious non-administrative user can retrieve credentials for outbound plugins by leveraging a known valid service credential ID. This allows privilege escalation through credential exposure without requiring administrative access.
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 OperationsApplication
>= 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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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 versionLocate the installed version of VMware Aria Operations in the product UI or via the admin command line interface, typically found in the About or System Diagnostics sectionAffected if The installed version is 8.0 or higher but lower than 8.18.3
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Identify VMware Cloud Foundation versionLocate the installed version of VMware Cloud Foundation through the SDDC Manager interface or associated documentationAffected if The installed version is between 4.0 and 5.2 inclusive
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Verify if outbound plugins are configuredAccess the VMware Aria Operations administration interface and examine the outbound plugin configurations under the Settings or Integrations sectionAffected if Outbound plugins are configured and enabled in the environment
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Check non-administrative user access to credentialsReview user role assignments and permissions in VMware Aria Operations, specifically examining whether non-administrative users have visibility into credential or integration settingsAffected if Non-administrative users have roles that allow access to credential information or integration settings
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Review service credential configurationExamine the service credentials stored in VMware Aria Operations, particularly those associated with outbound plugins, and verify which user roles can retrieve or view these credentialsAffected if Service credentials for outbound plugins exist and are accessible to non-administrative users
The environment is affected if running a vulnerable version of VMware Aria Operations (8.0 to 8.18.2) or VMware Cloud Foundation (4.0 to 5.2) and non-administrative users have access to credential or integration settings.
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
Restrict non-administrative user permissions to prevent access to credential information, and review user role configurations in VMware Aria Operations to ensure sensitive credential data is only accessible to administrators. Apply any vendor patches when available.
VMware Aria Operations 8.18.3 or later (or corresponding Cloud Foundation version that includes this fix)
- 1. Identify current version of VMware Aria Operations or Cloud Foundation by checking the product administration console
- 2. For Aria Operations: Plan upgrade to version 8.18.3 or later (the first fixed release)
- 3. For Cloud Foundation: Upgrade to a version that includes the Aria Operations 8.18.3 fix or later
- 4. Review Broadcom support documentation (support.broadcom.com) for specific upgrade procedures and prerequisites
- 5. Backup current configuration before initiating upgrade
- 6. Test upgrade in a non-production environment first
- 7. Apply upgrade during scheduled maintenance window following Broadcom's official upgrade documentation
- 8. Verify the upgrade was successful and the vulnerability is remediated by checking the patched version
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Aria Operations
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation4.0 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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-22222 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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