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Aria Operations CVE-2025-41244

HIGH
Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions (CWE-267)
2025-09-29 security@vmware.com
Privilege Escalation VMware Aria Operations Cloud Foundation Cloud Foundation Operations Open Vm Tools Telco Cloud Infrastructure Telco Cloud Platform Debian Linux Tools Red Hat Suse
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative
Red Hat
7.8 HIGH
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Patch released
Apr 06, 2026 - 02:30 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 19:14 vuln.today
Added to CISA KEV
Nov 06, 2025 - 13:58 cisa
CISA KEV
PoC Detected
Nov 06, 2025 - 13:58 vuln.today
Public exploit code
CVE Published
Sep 29, 2025 - 17:15 nvd
HIGH 7.8

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-267. 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. Affected products include: Vmware Aria Operations, Vmware Cloud Foundation, Vmware Cloud Foundation Operations, Vmware Open Vm Tools, Vmware Telco Cloud Infrastructure.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Severity: High
Product Status
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