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CVE-2025-41244: Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2025-41244
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
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.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Broadcomproduct: VMware Aria Operations, VMware ToolsPrivilege escalation
What
A privilege escalation vulnerability allows local actors to gain root access.
Who is affected
Local users with non-administrative privileges on VMs with VMware Tools installed.
Urgency
Remediation is critical due to confirmed exploitation.
Action
Apply patches to VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2025-10-30
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2025-41244coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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