Medium severity · published May 20, 2025
CVE-2025-41226
Guest Operations Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
6.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
VMware ESXi contains a denial-of-service vulnerability that occurs when performing a guest operation. A malicious actor with guest operation privileges on a VM, who is already authenticated through vCenter Server or ESXi may trigger this issue to create a denial-of-service condition of guest VMs with VMware Tools running and guest operations enabled.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
ESXi · VMware
8.0 before ESXi80U3se-24659227; 7.0 before ESXi70U3sv-24723868 · source: vendor
CF
Cloud Foundation · VMware
5.x, 4.5.x · source: vendor
TC
Telco Cloud Infrastructure · VMware
3.x, 2.x · source: vendor
TC
Telco Cloud Platform · VMware
5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41226
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41226
support.broadcom.com
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25717
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