CVE-2025-41244
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.
Package Versions Affected
Automatically patch vulnerabilities without upgrading
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Related Resources
References
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html, https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/, https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149, http://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/support-content-view/-/support-content/Security%20Advisories/VMSA-2025-0015--VMware-Aria-Operations-and-VMware-Tools-updates-address-multiple-vulnerabilities--CVE-2025-41244-CVE-2025-41245--CVE-2025-41246-/36149
