CVE-2025-41244
open-vm-tools - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
⚠ KEVEPSS 0.53%
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.
How to fix CVE-2025-41244
To remediate CVE-2025-41244, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u5 or later
- —upgrade to 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u5 or later
Is CVE-2025-41244 being exploited?
Yes — CVE-2025-41244 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Patch immediately.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u5
- from 0, < 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |