What is CVE-2026-22720?

CVE-2026-22720 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Aria Operations, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2026-02-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-22720?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

XSS in Vmware Aria Operations

CVE-2026-22720

VMware Aria Operations contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges to create custom benchmarks may be able to inject script to perform administrative actions in VMware Aria Operations. To remed…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.001 (31.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Vmware Aria Operations — versions 8.18.0, 8.18.6
Vmware Cloud Foundation Operations — versions 4.x, 9.x.x, 5.x
Vmware Telco Cloud Infrastructure — versions 2.0, 5.2.3
Vmware Telco Cloud Platform — versions 4.0, 5.2.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

VMSA-2026-0001: VMware Aria Operations updates (includes CVE-2026-22720) (vendor-advisory)
VMware Aria Operations 8.18.6 Release Notes (resolves CVE-2026-22720) (release-notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-22720?: CVE-2026-22720 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Aria Operations, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2026-02-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-22720?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.