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CVE-2025-41244

Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability

Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware ToolsContainers & cloud
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CVSS
7.8High
ExploitationExploited in the wildAdded to KEV 30 Oct 2025CISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)8.63%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in9.0.1.0Also 13.0.5.0, 12.5.4 and 1 moreCVE List
Federal deadline20 Nov 2025Remediation due date for US federal agenciesCISA KEV
CISA required actionApply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA KEV

What fixes it

Show all 7 fixed versions
  • 8.18.5VMware Telco Cloud InfrastructureCVE List

A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.

Timeline

  1. 29 Sep 2025, 16:09 UTCPublishedCVE List
  2. 30 Oct 2025Added to CISA KEVCISA KEV

Description

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.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 10

  • VCF operationsaffected: 9.0.x before 9.0.1.0CVE List
  • VMware toolsaffected: 13.x.x.x before 13.0.5.0CVE List
  • VMware toolsaffected: 12.5.x before 12.5.4CVE List
  • VMware Aria Operationsaffected: 8.18.x before 8.18.5CVE List
  • VMware Cloud Foundationaffected: 5.x before 8.18.5CVE List
  • VMware Cloud Foundationaffected: 4.x before 8.18.5CVE List
  • VMware Telco Cloud Platformaffected: 5.x before 8.18.5CVE List
  • VMware Telco Cloud Platformaffected: 4.x before 8.18.5CVE List
  • VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructureaffected: 3.x before 8.18.5CVE List
  • VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructureaffected: 2.x before 8.18.5CVE List

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