CVE detail
CVE-2025-41244: Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog · back to feed
Vendor / product
Broadcom · VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools
- Date added (KEV)
- Oct 30, 2025
- CISA due date
- Nov 20, 2025
- Ransomware campaign use
- Unknown
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.
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Technical detail
From CISA
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.
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244
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- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149Vendor Advisory
- 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 ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.htmlMailing List
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