Unrated severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Sep 29, 2025· Updated Feb 26, 2026

VMSA-2025-0015: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41244,CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246)

CVE-2025-41244

Description

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.

Affected products

VMware/VCF operationsv5
Range: 9.0.x
VMware/VMware Aria Operationsv5
Range: 8.18.x
VMware/VMware Cloud Foundationv5
Range: 5.x
VMware/VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructurev5
Range: 3.x
VMware/VMware Telco Cloud Platformv5
Range: 5.x
VMware/VMware toolsv5
Range: 13.x.x.x

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

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-/36149mitre

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