Authenticated privilege escalation to administrator context
Published Jan 30, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Privilege escalation in VMware Cloud Foundation Operations for Logs 8.x before 8.18.3 allows remote authenticated users to act as admins. VMware identifies broken access control in the network API but has not published the affected endpoint, authorization check, or improper operation. Non-administrative credentials and network access to the API are required, and exploitation permits certain operations in an administrator context.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in VMware Cloud Foundation Operations for Logs 8.x before 8.18.3 allows remote authenticated users to act as admins. VMware identifies broken access control in the network API but has not published the affected endpoint, authorization check, or improper operation. Non-administrative credentials and network access to the API are required, and exploitation permits certain operations in an administrator context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-22220
- Published
- Jan 30, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- VMware Cloud Foundation Operations for Logs
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=8.x <8.18.3
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