CVE-2025-41226
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CVE-2025-41226 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.8/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
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Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Deferred
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