CVE-2025-41241 Denial-of-service vulnerability
Authenticated attackers with specific API permissions can trigger a denial-of-service condition in VMware vCenter.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-41241?
CVE-2025-41241 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation, published on 29 Jul 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware vCenter contains a denial-of-service vulnerability. A malicious actor who is authenticated through vCenter and has permission to perform API calls for guest OS customisation may trigger this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition.
Weakness: CWE-754
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-41241?
How do I fix CVE-2025-41241?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-41241 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-41241 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41241 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w9mx-hpxm-qx9w.