CVE-2025-41244 added to CISA KEV: Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools
Status: ✅ Confirmed exploited in the wild
Date added: 2025-10-30
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.
Due date: 2025-11-20
Why this matters
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.
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