7 Severe Vulnerabilities Patched in VMware Avi Load Balancer
Seven severe vulnerabilities were discovered and patched in VMware Avi Load Balancer, a software-defined platform for load balancing and application security. These vulnerabilities include critical authentication bypass, remote code execution, privilege escalation, and directory traversal issues. Exploitation requires network or local access. No in-the-wild exploitation has been reported. The vendor has released updates to address these flaws, and organizations are advised to apply them promptly.
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Technical Summary
Broadcom disclosed seven vulnerabilities in VMware Avi Load Balancer, including one critical authentication bypass (CVE-2026-47865) that allows attackers with network access to breach the control plane. Additional high-severity flaws include authentication bypass, arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, and directory traversal (CVE-2026-47866, CVE-2026-47867, CVE-2026-47868, CVE-2026-47869, CVE-2026-47870, CVE-2026-47871). These vulnerabilities were responsibly reported by external researchers and require network or local access for exploitation. No evidence of active exploitation has been reported. Broadcom has issued patches to remediate these issues.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to bypass authentication, execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges to root, perform directory traversal attacks, and gain unauthorized control over the Avi Load Balancer control plane. This could compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of applications relying on the load balancer.
Mitigation Recommendations
Broadcom has released security updates that patch all seven vulnerabilities. Organizations using VMware Avi Load Balancer should apply the latest vendor-provided patches immediately. There are no reports of in-the-wild exploitation, but timely patching is critical to prevent potential attacks.
7 Severe Vulnerabilities Patched in VMware Avi Load Balancer
Description
Seven severe vulnerabilities were discovered and patched in VMware Avi Load Balancer, a software-defined platform for load balancing and application security. These vulnerabilities include critical authentication bypass, remote code execution, privilege escalation, and directory traversal issues. Exploitation requires network or local access. No in-the-wild exploitation has been reported. The vendor has released updates to address these flaws, and organizations are advised to apply them promptly.
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Technical Analysis
Broadcom disclosed seven vulnerabilities in VMware Avi Load Balancer, including one critical authentication bypass (CVE-2026-47865) that allows attackers with network access to breach the control plane. Additional high-severity flaws include authentication bypass, arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, and directory traversal (CVE-2026-47866, CVE-2026-47867, CVE-2026-47868, CVE-2026-47869, CVE-2026-47870, CVE-2026-47871). These vulnerabilities were responsibly reported by external researchers and require network or local access for exploitation. No evidence of active exploitation has been reported. Broadcom has issued patches to remediate these issues.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to bypass authentication, execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges to root, perform directory traversal attacks, and gain unauthorized control over the Avi Load Balancer control plane. This could compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of applications relying on the load balancer.
Mitigation Recommendations
Broadcom has released security updates that patch all seven vulnerabilities. Organizations using VMware Avi Load Balancer should apply the latest vendor-provided patches immediately. There are no reports of in-the-wild exploitation, but timely patching is critical to prevent potential attacks.
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Threat ID: 6a56417968715ace43a015bb
Added to database: 07/14/2026, 14:02:33 UTC
Last enriched: 07/14/2026, 14:02:45 UTC
Last updated: 07/14/2026, 14:02:45 UTC
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