CVE-2025-41226
May 21, 2025, 8:25 p.m.
6.8
Medium
Description
VMware ESXi contains a denial-of-service vulnerability that occurs when performing a guest operation. A malicious actor with guest operation privileges on a VM, who is already authenticated through vCenter Server or ESXi may trigger this issue to create a denial-of-service condition of guest VMs with VMware Tools running and guest operations enabled.
Product(s) Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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| Vmware |
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Weaknesses
Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
*CPE(s)
Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | vmware | esxi | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| a | vmware | vmware_tools | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
Tags
CVSS Score
CVSS Data - 3.1
- Attack Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
- Attack Complexity: LOW
- Privileges Required: LOW
- Scope: CHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact: NONE
- Integrity Impact: NONE
- Availability Impact: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
Published: May 20, 2025, 3:16 p.m.
Last Modified: May 21, 2025, 8:25 p.m.
Last Modified: May 21, 2025, 8:25 p.m.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
More infoSource
security@vmware.com
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