Vulnerabilities Detected in Aria Automation 8.18.1 Patch 3
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Vulnerabilities Detected in Aria Automation 8.18.1 Patch 3

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Article ID: 414747

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Products

VCF Automation VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

Aria Automation 8.18.1 Patch 3 customers may be affected by vulnerabilities identified through security scans. This article provides guidance on verifying and resolving these vulnerabilities.

Environment

Aria Automation 8.18.1 Patch 3 and lower. 

Resolution

VMware By Broadcom is aware of below CVE'S

Please refer to the release notes for existing and forthcoming product releases for any updates in relation to this CVE.

Should you require further information please contact Broadcom Support.

CVSS V3 Base Score CVE Plugin Name Fixed in Patch 3 Fixed in Patch 4 Note
7.4 CVE-2025-22228 Spring Security 5.7 < 5.7.16 / 5.8 < 5.8.18 / 6.0 < 6.0.16 / 6.1 < 6.1.14 / 6.2 < 6.2.10 / 6.3 < 6.3.8 / 6.4 < 6.4.4 Authentication Bypass (CVE-2025-22228) N/A N/A Not affected - Aria Automation is not using BCryptPasswordEncoder
3.8 CVE-2025-32728 OpenSSH < 10.0 DisableForwarding Yes Yes  
9.1 CVE-2022-49043 Photon OS 4.0: Libxml2 PHSA-2025-4.0-0834 Yes Yes  
  CVE-2025-49794 Photon OS 4.0: Libxml2 PHSA-2025-4.0-0834 No Yes  
  CVE-2025-49796 Photon OS 4.0: Libxml2 PHSA-2025-4.0-0834 No Yes  
  CVE-2025-6021 Photon OS 4.0: Libxml2 PHSA-2025-4.0-0834 Yes Yes  
7.5 CVE-2025-48989 Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 < 9.0.108 No Yes  
7.5 CVE-2025-48060 Photon OS 4.0: Jq PHSA-2025-4.0-0841 No Yes  
7.8 CVE-2025-4802 Photon OS 4.0: Glibc PHSA-2025-4.0-0838 No Yes  
8.2 CVE-2025-32988,CVE-2025-32989,CVE-2025-32990,CVE-2025-6395 Photon OS 4.0: Gnutls PHSA-2025-4.0-0854 No Yes  
7.8 CVE-2022-28737 Photon OS 4.0: Shim PHSA-2025-4.0-0861 No Yes  
7.8 CVE-2023-4001,CVE-2024-1048,CVE-2024-45774,CVE-2024-45775,CVE-2024-45776,CVE-2024-45777,CVE-2024-45778,CVE-2024-45779,CVE-2024-45780,CVE-2024-45781,CVE-2024-45782,CVE-2024-45783,CVE-2024-56737,CVE-2025-0622,CVE-2025-0624,CVE-2025-0677,CVE-2025-0678,CVE-2025-0684,CVE-2025-0685,CVE-2025-0686,CVE-2025-0689,CVE-2025-0690,CVE-2025-1118,CVE-2025-1125 Photon OS 4.0: Grub2 PHSA-2025-4.0-0861 No Yes  
4.9 CVE-2023-7207 Photon OS 4.0: Cpio PHSA-2025-4.0-0869 No Yes  
7.5 CVE-2025-41249 Spring Framework 5.3.x < 5.3.45 / 6.1.x < 6.1.23 / 6.2.x < 6.2.11 Annotation Detection Vulnerability (CVE-2025-41249) No Yes A fix is tracked for Patch 4
3.3 CVE-2025-6141 Photon OS 4.0: Ncurses PHSA-2025-4.0-0871 No Yes  
9.8 CVE-2025-6965,CVE-2025-7709 Photon OS 4.0: Sqlite PHSA-2025-4.0-0873 No Yes  
7.8 CVE-2025-39860 Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2025-4.0-0874 No Yes  

Additional Information

Photon Issues: These will be addressed in upcoming Patch 4, which will include updates to the latest Photon build once the fixes are available.

Remaining Issues:
    Aria Automation is not vulnerable to CVE-2025-22228.
    We are actively working on updating the Spring Framework to a non-vulnerable version, which will be included in Patch 4.

Patch 4 Release: Patch 4 is currently in development, and an estimated release timeline is not yet available. We recommend coordinating with your SAM/TAM for updates on the release schedule.

We will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.