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Broadcom, VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools
Description
Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a privilege defined with unsafe actions vulnerability. A malicious local actor with non-administrative privileges having access to a VM with VMware Tools installed and managed by Aria Operations with SDMP enabled may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the same VM.
CVSS severity
High (7.8/10)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Sourced from NVD, reflects how severe this vulnerability is if exploited, not whether it has been. Every advisory on this page is already a CISA-confirmed active exploitation case regardless of its CVSS score.
EPSS, exploit probability
Medium8.6%
estimated chance of real-world exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.1% of every CVE FIRST.org scores
Refreshed 10/28/2026, via FIRST.org's EPSS model, not CVSS, this measures likelihood of exploitation, not how severe it would be.
Public exploit references (via NVD)
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA-recommended due date: 2025-11-20
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