Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-47868 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-47868 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-47868?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 18 July 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- VMware Avi Load Balancer 32.1.1, 31.1.1 - 31.2.2, 30.1.1 - 30.2.6, 22.1.1 - 22.1.7.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-47868?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-47868 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-47868?
- Check whether you run VMware Avi Load Balancer at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
VMware Avi Load Balancer is vulnerable to local privilege escalation (CWE-269) due to improper privilege management. An attacker who has already gained local access to the system with low-level privileges can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code with root-level permissions. The vulnerability affects multiple versions including the 22.x, 30.x, 31.x, and 32.x branches. Broadcom has released patches (versions 32.1.2, 31.2.2-2p3, and 30.2.7) to address this issue. No workarounds are currently available.
Affected products
- VMware Avi Load Balancer 32.1.1, 31.1.1 - 31.2.2, 30.1.1 - 30.2.6, 22.1.1 - 22.1.7
Timeline
- 2026-07-14: advisory: Initial publication by Broadcom (VMSA-2026-0005)
- 2026-07-18: disclosed: NVD publication date