CVE-2026-47868 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

VMware Avi Load Balancer contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious user with local access may be able to escalate their privileges to run code as root. 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)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Vmware	Vmware Avi Load Balancer

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/37926

History

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Vmware Vmware vmware Avi Load Balancer
Vendors & Products		Vmware Vmware vmware Avi Load Balancer

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		VMware Avi Load Balancer contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious user with local access may be able to escalate their privileges to run code as root. 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)
Title		VMware Avi Load Balancer Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-269
References		https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/37926
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2026-07-18T08:57:14.131Z

Updated: 2026-07-23T03:56:17.911Z

Reserved: 2026-05-20T10:00:57.077Z

Link: CVE-2026-47868

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-20T15:24:12.158Z

NVD

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Redhat

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