CVE-2026-16812
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Description
VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO) on-prem has a security issue where this issue may allow a remote attacker to access privileged internal functionality and impact the VCO host. Successful exploitation may compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the orchestrator and data managed by the orchestrator. This functionality was intended to be for internal use only and is not intended to be remotely accessible. Hosted and Dedicated versions of VCO have already been patched in advance of this notice going out. This issue was discovered externally and is known to be actively exploited.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
10.0
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-27 16:17:03.640000
Last modified
2026-10-24 13:10:00.147000
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