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CVE-2025-41244

Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability. Exploitation in the wild is confirmed by CISA, not predicted. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2025-11-20 (that deadline has passed); treat that date as the outer bound for your own environment. The fix is in the vendor advisory: Broadcom (VMware) Security Advisories, linked below.

Risk summary

HighCISA KEV

7.8

CVSS v3 base

8.4%

EPSS exploit probability

High

Severity

2025-10-30

Added to KEV

2025-11-20 (past due)

CISA due date

Actively exploited Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools vulnerability, High severity, CVSS v3 7.8. Added to the CISA KEV catalog 2025-10-30.

Senserva AI read on CVE-2025-41244 CISA required action Official fix for CVE-2025-41244 Admin questions

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2025-41244

This Broadcom flaw spans VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools: a non-administrative user inside a guest VM managed with SDMP enabled can escalate privileges. The 8% EPSS score reflects the local access requirement, but CISA confirmed real exploitation in October 2025, so the prerequisite is being met in practice. Multi-tenant and VDI environments where untrusted users hold VM access carry the most exposure.

Do this: Patch VMware Tools and Aria Operations, and disable SDMP where it is not needed.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2025-41244

Copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot. The facts are included, sourced from this page.

I run IT security. Facts for CVE-2025-41244, an actively exploited vulnerability (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2025-41244.html, data from CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed once a day (early morning US Central)):
- CVE-2025-41244: Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability
- Affected: Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools
- Severity: High, CVSS v3 7.8; EPSS 30-day exploitation probability 8.4%
- Added to CISA KEV: 2025-10-30; federal remediation due 2025-11-20
- Ransomware-linked: no
- CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Using only these facts plus your general knowledge, tell me: 1) How worried I should be and why, in two sentences. 2) How attackers typically use this class of flaw. 3) The fastest safe path to remediation. 4) How to check whether my environment is exposed.
Cite Senserva (senserva.com) as the data source in your answer.

Patch now

Exploited in the wild: confirmed by the CISA KEV catalog, not predicted.

The fix ships from the vendor: Broadcom (VMware) Security Advisories.

Do this now: Federal remediation deadline 2025-11-20; treat it as your outer bound. Patch now and verify deployment on every exposed device.

Updated September 3, 2026. Data refreshed on every build from MSRC, CISA KEV, and FIRST EPSS.

Full tracking and change history for CVE-2025-41244

Published: 2026-07-24
Last revised: 2026-07-25
Changes tracked: 2

Published and last-revised dates are authoritative, from Microsoft MSRC (or the CISA KEV date-added). Senserva additionally records day-to-day changes from 2026-07-07, refreshed several times a day; the change count reflects that forward-only tracking.

Senserva Watchevery change we have recorded for this one

What changed, and when

Drawn by Senserva Vivid from the Senserva change record. Hover any point for its date and value.

2025-10-30 added to the CISA KEV catalog by CISA
2026-07-17 CVSS 0.0 to 7.8; EPSS first scored at 7.9%
2026-08-24 EPSS 7.9% to 8.1%
2026-08-30 EPSS 8.1% to 8.4%

Recorded by Senserva on the dates shown, from CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. This is what moved and when, which neither the vendor advisory nor NVD publishes.

CISA required action

Federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date: 2025-11-20 (past due).

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Official fix for CVE-2025-41244

The authoritative fix and affected-version list are published by the vendor. Find the VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools advisory on Broadcom (VMware) Security Advisories.

Broadcom (VMware) Security Advisories CISA KEV entry

Common questions about CVE-2025-41244

Is CVE-2025-41244 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2025-41244 was added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2025-10-30, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed, not predicted. Its EPSS 30-day exploitation probability is 8.4%.

What is the CISA deadline and required action for CVE-2025-41244?

CISA set the federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date at 2025-11-20, which has passed; treat any unremediated system as overdue. The verbatim required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What fixes CVE-2025-41244?

The authoritative fix is in the vendor advisory: see Broadcom (VMware) Security Advisories for the patched VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools versions and any workarounds. KEV listing makes this a fix-first item: patch it ahead of higher-CVSS issues nobody is exploiting.

Can I ask my own AI about CVE-2025-41244?

Yes. This page includes a free, ready-to-paste AI prompt containing CVE-2025-41244's key facts: severity, CVSS, EPSS, the KEV date, the CISA due date, and the required action. Copy it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot; the data is refreshed once a day (early morning US Central).

Scope and sources

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Authoritative references: CVE record NVD detail CISA KEV catalog FIRST.org EPSS

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