Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability

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  Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability

  CVE-2025-41244

  Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a privilege defined with unsafe actions 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's required action · due 20 Nov 2025 for U.S. federal civilian agencies

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

  Cited by CISA: support.broadcom.com · nvd.nist.gov

  Added to KEV 30 Oct 2025 · Source checked 29 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC · CISA KEV entry

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