# CVE-2026-41724: Cross-site scripting in VCF operations

> Malicious actors with policy creation privileges can inject scripts to perform administrative actions in VMware Cloud Foundation Operations.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 9 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-76rr-q8xf-r868

## What is CVE-2026-41724?

CVE-2026-41724 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 8 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

VMware Cloud Foundation Operations contains multiple stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.A malicious actor with privileges to create policies, views or text-widgets may be able to inject scripts to perform administrative actions in VMware Cloud Foundation Operations.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-41724?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Vmware Aria Operations, Vmware Cloud Foundation, Vmware Telco Cloud Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-41724?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-41724 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-41724 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-41724 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Cloud Foundation

- [CVE-2026-22719](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22719/): Broadcom VMware Aria Operations Command Injection (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-41722](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41722/): Cross-site scripting in VCF operations (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2026-41723](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41723/): Cross-site scripting in VCF operations (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2026-22720](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22720/): VMware Aria Operations stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2024-38830](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38830/): Local privilege escalation vulnerability (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-41724 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-41724 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 8 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-41724 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-2026-41724/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41724/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41724
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41724
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41724

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41724/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.