Privilege escalation in VMware Aria Operations For Logs

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 class: Privilege Escalation

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-22220: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-22220?
CVE-2025-22220 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Aria Operations For Logs, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-01-30.
How severe is CVE-2025-22220?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.