CVE-2026-41722: Vulnerability in VMware VCF operations
VMware Cloud Foundation Operations contains multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. An attacker with privileges to create policies, views, or text widgets could inject malicious scripts that execute administrative actions within the application. This vulnerability affects certain 5.x, 9.0.x.x, and 9.1.x.x versions of VMware VCF operations. The CVSS score is 8.0, indicating a high severity risk. No official patch or remediation guidance is currently provided by the vendor. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-41722 is a set of stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in VMware Cloud Foundation Operations. These vulnerabilities allow a malicious user with limited privileges (ability to create policies, views, or text widgets) to inject scripts that execute with administrative privileges, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-79 and has a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.0 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Affected versions include 5.x, 9.0.x.x, and 9.1.x.x of the product. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to execution of arbitrary scripts with administrative privileges within VMware Cloud Foundation Operations, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. This could allow an attacker to perform unauthorized administrative actions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict privileges to create policies, views, or text widgets to trusted administrators only to reduce risk of exploitation.
CVE-2026-41722: Vulnerability in VMware VCF operations
Description
VMware Cloud Foundation Operations contains multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. An attacker with privileges to create policies, views, or text widgets could inject malicious scripts that execute administrative actions within the application. This vulnerability affects certain 5.x, 9.0.x.x, and 9.1.x.x versions of VMware VCF operations. The CVSS score is 8.0, indicating a high severity risk. No official patch or remediation guidance is currently provided by the vendor. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.0high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-41722 is a set of stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in VMware Cloud Foundation Operations. These vulnerabilities allow a malicious user with limited privileges (ability to create policies, views, or text widgets) to inject scripts that execute with administrative privileges, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-79 and has a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.0 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Affected versions include 5.x, 9.0.x.x, and 9.1.x.x of the product. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to execution of arbitrary scripts with administrative privileges within VMware Cloud Foundation Operations, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. This could allow an attacker to perform unauthorized administrative actions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict privileges to create policies, views, or text widgets to trusted administrators only to reduce risk of exploitation.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- vmware
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-22T06:21:37.021Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a267adde29bf47b50be9820
Added to database: 06/08/2026, 08:18:37 UTC
Last enriched: 06/16/2026, 08:48:07 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:24:47 UTC
Views: 63
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