CVE-2025-41244

HighCVSS 7.8/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Oct 18, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-267

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
VMware	VCF operations	>= 9.0.x, < 9.0.1.0
VMware	VMware tools	>= 13.x.x.x, < 13.0.5.0; >= 12.5.x, < 12.5.4
VMware	VMware Aria Operations	>= 8.18.x, < 8.18.5
VMware	VMware Cloud Foundation	>= 5.x, < 8.18.5; >= 4.x, < 8.18.5
VMware	VMware Telco Cloud Platform	>= 5.x, < 8.18.5; >= 4.x, < 8.18.5
VMware	VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure	>= 3.x, < 8.18.5; >= 2.x, < 8.18.5

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-/36149Permissions Required
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244US Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Sep 29, 2025
Last modified: Oct 18, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: Oct 30, 2025
NVD status: Analyzed

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