ACTIVELY EXPLOITED
CVE-2025-41244: Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability
| Vendor | Broadcom |
|---|---|
| Product | VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools |
| Actively exploited | Yes |
| Added to CISA KEV | 30 Oct 2025 |
| CISA federal deadline | 20 Nov 2025 |
| Weakness (CWE) | CWE-267 |
Required action (CISA's text)
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description (NVD)
Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a privilege defined with unsafe actions 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.
SOURCES
Other Broadcom flaws
- CVE-2026-41709: Broadcom VMWare ESX Insufficient Logging Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-59310: Broadcom VMware vCenter Path Traversal Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-22719: Broadcom VMware Aria Operations Command Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-37079: Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-1976: Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS Code Injection Vulnerability
Data from NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Updated 10 Nov 2026.