October 23, 2026

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CVE-2025-41244NVD

Vulnerability Summary

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.
Severity Level
HIGH(7.8)
Published Date
Sep 29, 2025
Last Modified
Oct 18, 2026
Exploitation Status
ACTIVE
EPSS Score (30-Day)
8.63%Probability
Root Weakness (CWE)
CWE-267: Unknown/Unlisted Weakness ↗
Refer to the official MITRE database for detailed architectural specifications regarding this weakness.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 7.8 (HIGH)
Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

Affected & Patched Versions

Affected Versions
  • Vmware Aria Operations >= 8.0 and < 8.18.5
  • Vmware Cloud Foundation >= 4.0 and <= 5.2.2
  • Vmware Cloud Foundation Operations
  • Vmware Open Vm Tools >= 11.2.0 and < 12.5.4
  • Vmware Open Vm Tools
  • Vmware Telco Cloud Infrastructure >= 2.2 and <= 3.0
  • Vmware Telco Cloud Platform >= 4.0 and < 5.0.1
  • Debian Debian Linux
  • Vmware Tools >= 12.5.0 and < 12.5.4
  • Vmware Tools >= 13.0.0.0 and < 13.0.5.0
Patched Versions
  • Vmware Aria Operations 8.18.5
  • Vmware Open Vm Tools 12.5.4
  • Vmware Telco Cloud Platform 5.0.1
  • Vmware Tools 12.5.4
  • Vmware Tools 13.0.5.0
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