CVE-2025-41231 VMware Cloud Foundation Missing Authorisation Vulnerability
A malicious actor with appliance access can perform unauthorized actions and access limited sensitive information in VMware Cloud Foundation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-41231?
CVE-2025-41231 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 20 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware Cloud Foundation contains a missing authorisation vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to VMware Cloud Foundation appliance may be able to perform certain unauthorised actions and access limited sensitive information.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-41231?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vmware Cloud Foundation.
How do I fix CVE-2025-41231?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-41231 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-41231 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41231 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2024-37079 Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Out-of-bounds Write
- CVE-2022-22954 VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager Server-Side Template Injection
- CVE-2021-22005 VMware vCenter Server File Upload
- CVE-2021-21985 VMware vCenter Server Improper Input Validation
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6pf2-52g7-p22m.