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Broadcom · VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools

CVE-2025-41244

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

CISA KEV record

CISA date added
2025-10-30
CISA due date
2025-11-20
Known ransomware use
Unknown

NVD risk context

7.8 HIGH

CVSS is a technical severity score. CISA’s KEV status remains the evidence that this vulnerability is known to be exploited.

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Attack vector
Local
An attacker needs local access to the affected system.
Attack complexity
Low
Exploitation does not require unusual conditions beyond normal attacker control.
Privileges required
Low
The attacker needs limited privileges before exploiting the issue.
User interaction
None
No action by another user is required.

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.

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.

NVD reference index

Vendor and remediation references

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Other NVD references (5)

MITRE CWE context

CWE classification

CWE-267 Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

A particular privilege, role, capability, or right can be used to perform unsafe actions that were not intended, even when it is assigned to the correct entity.

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NVD record timing

NVD record timeline

These dates describe NVD’s record, not CISA’s KEV addition or remediation due date.

NVD published
Sep 29, 2025, 05:15 PM UTC
When NVD first published this CVE record.
NVD last updated
Jun 17, 2026, 09:22 AM UTC
When NVD last changed its analysis or record data.
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CISA notes

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244