VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2025-41226
CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-05-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- security@vmware.com: CWE-400