CVE-2025-41225

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 17 %ileDEEUNLRU

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.26% (17th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

37 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The vCenter Server contains an authenticated command-execution vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges to create or modify alarms and run script action may exploit this issue to run arbitrary commands on the vCenter Server.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@vmware.comexploitability 2 · impact 6

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · NCSC-NL NL

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-78USCWE-78USCWE-78US

affected products (37)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

VMware Cloud Foundation <7.0 U3vall versionscert_bundDE
VMware Cloud Foundation <8.0 U3eall versionscert_bundDE
VMware vCenter Server <7.0 U3vall versionscert_bundDE
VMware vCenter Server <8.0 U3eall versionscert_bundDE
VMware Cloud Foundation< 7.0 U3vcert_bundDE
VMware Cloud Foundation< 8.0 U3ecert_bundDE
VMware vCenter Server< 7.0 U3vcert_bundDE
VMware vCenter Server< 8.0 U3ecert_bundDE
Cloud Foundation≤ 5.x, 4.5.xenisa_euvdEU
Telco Cloud Infrastructure≤ 3.x, 2.xenisa_euvdEU
Telco Cloud Platform≤ 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.xenisa_euvdEU
VMware Cloud Foundation≤ 5.x, 4.5.xenisa_euvdEU
VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure≤ 3.x, 2.xenisa_euvdEU
VMware Telco Cloud Platform≤ 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.xenisa_euvdEU
VMware vCenter Server7.0 → 7.0 U3venisa_euvdEU
VMware vCenter Server8.0 → 8.0 U3eenisa_euvdEU
vCenter Server7.0 → 7.0 U3venisa_euvdEU
vCenter Server8.0 → 8.0 U3eenisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation4.5.0 → 7.0 U3vfstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation5.0 → 8.0 U3efstec_bduRU

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

NCSC-2025-0171Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in VMware productenNL2025-05-21csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Broadcom heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in VMware ESXi (inclusief Workstation en Fusion) en vCenter Server.
WID-SEC-W-2025-1113VMware Produkte: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-05-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation und VMware Fusion ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service auszulösen oder XSS durchzuführen.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund ncsc_nl NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-05-20modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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