October 30, 2025 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2025-41244 Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools
Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2025-10-30- Federal due date
2025-11-20- Vendor
- Broadcom
- Product
- VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools
- EPSS
- 95.1th percentile (score 0.086, as of
2026-11-06) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- 7.8 (HIGH)
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244
CISA short 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.
NVD 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.