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

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• cpe debian/debian linux11.0
• cpe vmware/aria operationsversion unspecified
• cpe vmware/cloud foundationversion unspecified
• cpe vmware/cloud foundation operations9.0
• cpe vmware/open vm tools13.0.0
• cpe vmware/telco cloud infrastructureversion unspecified
• cpe vmware/telco cloud platformversion unspecified
• cpe vmware/toolsversion unspecified
• vendor Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Toolsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-41244

• Recommended remediation

  Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA due date Nov 20, 2025.

• Official advisories

  • CISA KEV · cisa.gov
  • CVE.org · cve.org
  • FIRST EPSS · first.org
  • NIST NVD · nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEV · vulncheck.com

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. Sep 29, 2025 · Catalog

   Detected

   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.

2. Oct 30, 2025 · CISA KEV

   Known exploited

   Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

3. Nov 20, 2025 · CISA KEV

   Remediation due

   Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

4. Jun 17, 2026 · Catalog

   Updated

   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.

Sources

• CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-41244

  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.

  cisa.gov
• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-41244

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-41244

  30-day exploitation probability 8.4%

  first.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-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

  nvd.nist.gov
• VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-41244

  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 exploi

  vulncheck.com

References

• Permissions Required · support.broadcom.com
• Mailing List · openwall.com
• Exploit · blog.nviso.eu
• Mailing List · lists.debian.org
• CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · securelist.com
• CISA note · support.broadcom.com
• US Government Resource · cisa.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · loginsoft.com
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · rapid7.com

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.