Is CVE-2025-41244 actively exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks CVE-2025-41244 as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

What exploitation activity has KEV Intelligence observed?

KEV Intelligence has not yet recorded sensor-observed exploitation attempts for CVE-2025-41244. Our sensors continue to monitor for activity targeting this CVE.

Which versions are affected?

CVE-2025-41244 affects VMware VCF operations and 5 other products. KEV Intelligence lists 10 version rows; examples include 9.0.x to < 9.0.1.0, 13.x.x.x to < 13.0.5.0, and 12.5.x to < 12.5.4.

Yes. CVE-2025-41244 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. KEV Intelligence attested it 1 day ahead of CISA.

CVE-2025-41244 Exploited in the Wild — VCF operations, VMware tools, VMware Aria Operations, VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware Telco Cloud Platform, VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure

Q: How should organizations remediate it?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Q: Is it in CISA KEV?

Yes. CVE-2025-41244 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. KEV Intelligence attested it 1 day ahead of CISA.

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

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What it is

CVE-2025-41244 is a vulnerability affecting VMware VCF operations and 5 other products. VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious local actor with...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

VMware / VCF operations affected before 9.0.1.0.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

VCF operations Privilege Escalation

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.

Vendor Product Affected Status

VMware VCF operations Before 9.0.1.0 Affected

VMware VMware tools Before 13.0.5.0 Affected

VMware VMware tools Before 12.5.4 Affected

VMware VMware Aria Operations Before 8.18.5 Affected

VMware VMware Cloud Foundation Before 8.18.5 Affected

VMware VMware Telco Cloud Platform Before 8.18.5 Affected

VMware VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure Before 8.18.5 Affected

Published: 29 Sep 2025
Exploitation Reported: 01 Jun 2026
Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges: Low
User interaction: None

CVE References

CVE Record CVE.org · CVE Record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41244
support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/support-content-view/-/support-con... support.broadcom.com · CVE Record http://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/support-content-view/-/support-...

Exploitation evidence

Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CVE

Recorded 01 Jun 2026

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source	Added
CVE First	2026-06-01 10:43 UTC
CISA	2026-06-02 14:05 UTC
Tenable Blog	2026-06-02 14:21 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets: 0
User-Agents: 0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

No KEV Intelligence virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

7.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

7.9%

Weaknesses

Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions CWE-267

Recent mention · Tenable Blog

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Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

02 Jun 2026
KEV confirmed by Tenable Blog

Exploitation attested by an external source
02 Jun 2026
Added to CISA KEV

Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
01 Jun 2026
Added to KEV Intelligence KEV Feed

High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation
29 Sep 2025
CVE published

Vulnerability disclosed publicly
16 Apr 2025
CVE ID reserved

Identifier reserved by the CNA

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Evidence confidence and provenance
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PoC and scanner references
Affected versions and enrichment
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  "cve_id": "CVE-2025-41244",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 7.8,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.0788,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}

CVE-2025-41244