CVE-2025-41244

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-10-30. Federal remediation due 2025-11-20.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

8.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 94.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-09-29 16:09Z11 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-02-26 17:47Z6 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

vmware

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-267Privilege Defined With Unsafe ActionsBase
• CWE-280Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or PrivilegesBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

84fd4e6546e815383098fa57d8bf0b2666e653b4f4082ba04c11c350cc66fe1d

• support.broadcom.comhttp://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
• blog.nviso.euhttps://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/29/you-name-it-vmware-elevates-it-cve-2025-41244/exploittechnical-description
• support.broadcom.comhttps://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149vendor-advisory
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-41244government-resource
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00000.html
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/10