CVE-2025-41226

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 15 %ileDEEUNLRU

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.24% (15th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

32 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

cvss

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

6.8

010

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

v3.16.8mediumAV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security@vmware.comexploitability 2.3 · impact 4

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · NCSC-NL NL

ssvc

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

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-400USCWE-400USCWE-400US

affected products (32)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

VMware Cloud Foundation <ESXi70U3sv-24723868all versionscert_bundDE
VMware Cloud Foundation <ESXi80U3se-24659227all versionscert_bundDE
VMware ESXi <ESXi70U3sv-24723868all versionscert_bundDE
VMware ESXi <ESXi80U3se-24659227all versionscert_bundDE
VMware Cloud Foundation< ESXi70U3sv-24723868cert_bundDE
VMware Cloud Foundation< ESXi80U3se-24659227cert_bundDE
VMware ESXi< ESXi70U3sv-24723868cert_bundDE
VMware ESXi< ESXi80U3se-24659227cert_bundDE
VMware Cloud Foundation≤ 5.x, 4.5.xenisa_euvdEU
VMware ESXi7.0 → ESXi70U3sv-24723868enisa_euvdEU
VMware ESXi8.0 → ESXi80U3se-24659227enisa_euvdEU
VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure≤ 3.x, 2.xenisa_euvdEU
VMware Telco Cloud Platform≤ 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.xenisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation4.5.0 → KB88287fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation5.0 → KB88287fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware ESXi≤ 7.0fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware ESXi≤ 8.0fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure2.0 → ESXi70U3sv-24723868fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure3.0 → ESXi80U3se-24659227fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Telco Cloud Platform2.0 → ESXi80U3se-24659227fstec_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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