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CVE-2025-41244

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

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Vendor / Project
Broadcom
Product
VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools
Date added
Oct 30, 2025
Due date
Nov 20, 2025
Known ransomware use
Unknown
CWEs
CWE-267

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.

Required action

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

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