CVE-2025-41244
Actively exploited. CVE-2025-41244 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-10-30) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2025-41244 is indexed in GitHub PoC. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
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
- 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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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 94% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2025-41244 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-41244: Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnera…cisa-kev · 2025-10-30
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