CVE-2025-41244
Act now ● On CISA KEV — actively exploited
Actively exploited — on the CISA KEV list.
CVSS base
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EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
8.4%
94.7th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed
Added 2025-10-30 · patch by 2025-11-20
Weakness / dates
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Published — · modified —
Timeline
- 2025-10-30 — Added to CISA KEV (actively exploited)
- 2025-11-20 — CISA patch-by deadline
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.