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CVE-2025-41244

VMSA-2025-0015: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41244,CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246)

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 29, 2025 at 04:09 PM UTC
Updated: October 18, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
8 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxCloud FoundationTelco Cloud Platform· also runs on 2 platforms

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score8.6%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 8.6% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 95% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a privilege defined with unsafe actions 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.

Required Action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Oct 30, 2025
Remediation Due
Nov 20, 2025
340 days overdue
Notes
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
11.0
VMware Aria Operations· VMware
95%
All versions8.0 ≤ v < 8.18.58.18.x9.0.x
Affected range stops below 8.18.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.0.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Cloud Foundation· VMware
95%
All versions4.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.2.24.x5.x
Affected range stops below 8.18.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Cloud Foundation Operations· VMware
95%
9.0
Open Vm Tools· VMware
95%
11.2.0 ≤ v < 12.5.413.0.0
Telco Cloud Infrastructure· VMware
95%
All versions2.2 ≤ v ≤ 3.02.x3.x
Affected range stops below 8.18.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Telco Cloud Platform· VMware
95%
All versions4.0 ≤ v < 5.0.14.x5.x
Affected range stops below 8.18.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Tools· VMware
95%
All versions12.5.0 ≤ v < 12.5.413.0.0.0 ≤ v < 13.0.5.012.5.x13.x.x.x
Affected range stops below 12.5.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.0.5.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
linux-linux-kernel (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (6)

Permissions Required
Source: cverecord
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
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/
Vendor Advisory
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149
US Government Resource
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHvmware
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-267

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