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HIGH CISA KEV

CVE-2025-41244

CVSS v3

7.8

HIGH

EPSS Score

8.6 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19

CISA KEV

Yes

known exploited

Exploitation

—

SSVC status

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Affected and fixed versions

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • open-vm-toolsAlmaLinux:10all versions · fixed in 12.5.0-1.el10_0.1and 4 other packages
  • open-vm-toolsAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2and 4 other packages
  • open-vm-toolsAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 12.3.5-2.el8_10.1and 3 other packages

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2025-41244 Red Hat Product Security169 products fixed

    open-vm-tools: Local privilege escalation in open-vm-tools

  • RHSA-2025:17509 Red Hat Product Security10 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: open-vm-tools security update

  • RHSA-2025:17511 Red Hat Product Security27 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: open-vm-tools security update

  • RHSA-2025:17510 Red Hat Product Security20 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: open-vm-tools security update

  • RHSA-2025:17512 Red Hat Product Security18 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: open-vm-tools security update

  • RHSA-2025:17452 Red Hat Product Security18 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: open-vm-tools security update

4 more advisories

Full record on NVD

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.

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2025-10-30
Patch Due Date
2025-11-20
Ransomware Use
Unknown

Technical details

Published
2025-09-29

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-41244?

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.

Is CVE-2025-41244 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2025-41244 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2025-11-20.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-41244?

CVE-2025-41244 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH severity).

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