CVE-2025-41239 vSockets information-disclosure vulnerability
Local administrators on virtual machines can leak memory from vSockets processes due to uninitialized memory usage in VMware products.
- 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-2025-41239?
CVE-2025-41239 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation, published on 15 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and VMware Tools contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to the usage of an uninitialised memory in vSockets. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from processes communicating with vSockets.
Weakness: CWE-908
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-41239?
How do I fix CVE-2025-41239?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-41239 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-41239 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41239 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8p72-rxh7-qv97.