CVE-2025-22218 | VMware Aria Operations for Logs information disclosure vulnerability

VMware Aria Operations for Logs contains an information disclosure vulnerability. A malicious actor with View Only Admin permissions may be able to read the credentials of a VMware product integrated with VMware Aria Operations for Logs

Published: 2025-01-30 Last update: 2025-05-14 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-22218 is rated Moderate Risk (50.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.65%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-22218

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.50% 0.65% +0.16%
2 2026-03-10 0.19% 0.50% +0.31%
3 2025-10-16 — 0.19% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-22218

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 6.0 [email protected]
7.7 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.1 4.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-22218

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-22218

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware aria_operations_for_logs >= 8.0, < 8.18.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_operations_for_logs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware cloud_foundation >= 4.0, <= 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-22218

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