CVE-2025-41244
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.8 High
- Status
- Analyzed - security@vmware.com
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- Last modified
- 2026-10-18
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- since 2025-10-30, action due 2025-11-20: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Weaknesses
- CWE-267
Affected products
- Debian Linux (Debian)
- Aria Operations (Vmware)
- Cloud Foundation (Vmware)
- Cloud Foundation Operations (Vmware)
- Open Vm Tools (Vmware)
- Telco Cloud Infrastructure (Vmware)
- Telco Cloud Platform (Vmware)
- Tools (Vmware)
- Vcf Operations (Vmware)
- Vmware Aria Operations (Vmware)
- Vmware Cloud Foundation (Vmware)
- Vmware Telco Cloud Infrastructure (Vmware)
- Vmware Telco Cloud Platform (Vmware)
- Vmware Tools (Vmware)
References
- http://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/support-content-view/-/support-content/Security%20Advisories/VMSA-2025-0015--VMwa…
- 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
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10
