Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-47871 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-47871 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-47871?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, 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-2026-47871?
- 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-2026-47871 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-47871?
- 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
A directory traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) exists in VMware Avi Load Balancer due to insufficient validation of user-supplied file paths. An authenticated attacker with network access can exploit this flaw by submitting specially crafted requests containing sequences like '../' to escape the intended directory. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to read, and potentially modify or delete, sensitive files on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is addressed in versions 32.1.2, 31.2.2-2p3, and 30.2.7.
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 advisory published by Broadcom/VMware (VMSA-2026-0005)
- 2026-07-18: disclosed: CVE published to NVD