CVE-2025-41244
Published: Sep 29, 2025
Modified: Feb 26, 2026
CVSS v3.1
7.8
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
VMware | VCF operations | affected 9.0.x - < 9.0.1.0 |
VMware | VMware tools | affected 13.x.x.x - < 13.0.5.0affected 12.5.x - < 12.5.4 |
VMware | VMware Aria Operations | affected 8.18.x - < 8.18.5 |
VMware | VMware Cloud Foundation | affected 5.x - < 8.18.5affected 4.x - < 8.18.5 |
VMware | VMware Telco Cloud Platform | affected 5.x - < 8.18.5affected 4.x - < 8.18.5 |
VMware | VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure | affected 3.x - < 8.18.5affected 2.x - < 8.18.5 |
Weaknesses (CWE)
CVSS v3.1 Details
CVSS v3.1 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
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