CVE-2026-47870: Improper Privilege Management in VMware Avi Load Balancer
VMware Avi Load Balancer contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious authenticated user with network access may be able to execute remote code. Affected versions: 32.1.1 (fixed in 32.1.2) 31.1.1 through 31.2.2 (fixed in 31.2.2-2p3) 30.1.1 through 30.2.6 (fixed in 30.2.7) 22.1.1 through 22.1.7 (fixed in 30.2.7)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-47870 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Avi Load Balancer. An authenticated user with network access could exploit this flaw to execute remote code on the affected system. The vulnerability affects versions 22.1.1 through 22.1.7, 30.1.1 through 30.2.6, 31.1.1 through 31.2.2, and 32.1.1. Fixes have been released in versions 30.2.7, 31.2.2-2p3, and 32.1.2 respectively.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows a malicious authenticated user to escalate privileges and execute remote code, potentially compromising confidentiality and availability. The CVSS score of 7.1 reflects high impact on confidentiality and low impact on availability, with no impact on integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apply the official patches released by VMware to fixed versions 22.1.8 and later, 30.2.7 and later, 31.2.2-2p3 and later, and 32.1.2 and later. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation requires updating the affected software installations. Patch status is confirmed by the fixed versions stated in the description.
CVE-2026-47870: Improper Privilege Management in VMware Avi Load Balancer
Description
VMware Avi Load Balancer contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious authenticated user with network access may be able to execute remote code. Affected versions: 32.1.1 (fixed in 32.1.2) 31.1.1 through 31.2.2 (fixed in 31.2.2-2p3) 30.1.1 through 30.2.6 (fixed in 30.2.7) 22.1.1 through 22.1.7 (fixed in 30.2.7)
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.1high
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-47870 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Avi Load Balancer. An authenticated user with network access could exploit this flaw to execute remote code on the affected system. The vulnerability affects versions 22.1.1 through 22.1.7, 30.1.1 through 30.2.6, 31.1.1 through 31.2.2, and 32.1.1. Fixes have been released in versions 30.2.7, 31.2.2-2p3, and 32.1.2 respectively.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows a malicious authenticated user to escalate privileges and execute remote code, potentially compromising confidentiality and availability. The CVSS score of 7.1 reflects high impact on confidentiality and low impact on availability, with no impact on integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apply the official patches released by VMware to fixed versions 22.1.8 and later, 30.2.7 and later, 31.2.2-2p3 and later, and 32.1.2 and later. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation requires updating the affected software installations. Patch status is confirmed by the fixed versions stated in the description.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- vmware
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-20T10:00:57.077Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a5b5ea42d1edb114c7faebc
Added to database: 07/18/2026, 11:08:20 UTC
Last enriched: 07/18/2026, 11:23:50 UTC
Last updated: 07/18/2026, 12:55:20 UTC
Views: 6
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