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

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

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

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CVE-2025-41244: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix