Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions
What to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA deadline 2025-11-20 · passed 9 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA
What happened
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.
Who is affected
Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.
Weakness class: CWE-267.
Timeline
- Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
- CISA remediation deadlinepassed 9 months ago
Sources
- NVD entry for CVE-2025-41244 nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- support.broadcom.com support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149
- nvd.nist.gov nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244