CVE-2025-41244 Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions
Exploited in the wild
High 7.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-41244 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-41244 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 29 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-41244 in the wild since at least 30 Oct 2025.
Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41244/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41244/index.md)
A local attacker with non-admin privileges can escalate to root on a VM if VMware Tools is managed by Aria Operations with SDMP enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Since 30 Oct 2025
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-41244?
CVE-2025-41244 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 29 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation 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.
Weakness: CWE-267
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-41244?
It affects 8 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
open-vm-tools AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
open-vm-tools-desktop AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
open-vm-tools-salt-minion AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
open-vm-tools-sdmp AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
open-vm-tools-test AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
open-vm-tools AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
open-vm-tools-desktop AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
open-vm-tools-salt-minion AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
open-vm-tools-sdmp AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
open-vm-tools AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
open-vm-tools-desktop AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
open-vm-tools-salt-minion AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
open-vm-tools-sdmp AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
open-vm-tools-test AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
open-vm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
open-vm-tools-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
open-vm-tools-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
open-vm-tools-desktop Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
open-vm-tools-salt-minion Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
open-vm-tools-sdmp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
open-vm-tools-test Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1 |
open-vm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
open-vm-tools-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
open-vm-tools-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
open-vm-tools-desktop Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
open-vm-tools-salt-minion Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
open-vm-tools-sdmp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
open-vm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
open-vm-tools-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
open-vm-tools-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
open-vm-tools-desktop Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
open-vm-tools-salt-minion Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
open-vm-tools-sdmp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Vmware Aria Operations, Vmware Cloud Foundation, Vmware Cloud Foundation Operations, Vmware Open Vm Tools, Vmware Telco Cloud Infrastructure and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2025-41244?
Apply the vendor's patch. US federal agencies must fix it by 20 Nov 2025.
Is CVE-2025-41244 being exploited?
Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-41244 in the wild since at least 30 Oct 2025.
Public exploit code: 3 proofs of concept on GitHub.
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Sources
Also known as ALSA-2025:17428, ALSA-2025:17429, ALSA-2025:17509, AZL-93039, CLSA-2025-1760543414, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-41244 and 29 more.