CVE-2025-41244
high · 7.8Actively exploitedOn the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Added 2025-10-30Remediation due 2025-11-20
VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious local actor with non-administrative privileges having access to a VM with VMware Tools installed and managed by Aria Operations with SDMP enabled may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the same VM.
7.8
CVSS
8.4%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
95th
EPSS percentile
2025-09-29
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-267
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| vmware | aria_operations | >= 8.0, < 8.18.5 |
| vmware | cloud_foundation | >= 4.0, <= 5.2.2 |
| vmware | cloud_foundation_operations | 9.0 |
| vmware | open_vm_tools | >= 11.2.0, < 12.5.4 |
| vmware | open_vm_tools | 13.0.0 |
| vmware | telco_cloud_infrastructure | >= 2.2, <= 3.0 |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform | >= 4.0, < 5.0.1 |
| debian | debian_linux | 11.0 |
| vmware | tools | >= 12.5.0, < 12.5.4 |
| vmware | tools | >= 13.0.0.0, < 13.0.5.0 |
| linux | linux_kernel | all versions |
| microsoft | windows | all versions |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- http://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/support-content-view/-/support-content/Security%20Advisories/VMSA-2025-0015--VMware-Aria-Operations-and-VMware-Tools-updates-address-multiple-vulnerabilities--CVE-2025-41244-CVE-2025-41245--CVE-2025-41246-/36149
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html
- https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2025-41244