# CVE-2024-22280: VMSA-2024-0017: VMware Aria Automation updates address SQL-injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-22280)

> An authenticated attacker can exploit input validation flaws to perform unauthorized database read and write operations in VMware Aria Automation.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7w2g-wqp8-2c9j

## What is CVE-2024-22280?

CVE-2024-22280 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 11 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

VMware Aria Automation does not apply correct input validation which allows for SQL-injection in the product. An authenticated malicious user could enter specially crafted SQL queries and perform unauthorised read/write operations in the database.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22280?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Vmware Aria Automation, Vmware Cloud Foundation.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-22280?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22280 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-22280 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Cloud Foundation

- [CVE-2023-34063](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34063/): Missing authorization in VMware Aria Automation, VMware Cloud Foundation (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-22249](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22249/): VMSA-2025-0008: VMware Aria automation updates address a DOM based Cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-22249) (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-22280 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-22280 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 11 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Vmware Cloud Foundation. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22280/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22280/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22280
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22280
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-22280

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22280/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.