VMware vCenter Server authenticated command-execution vulnerability (VMware vCenter Server)

CVE-2025-41225
HIGH 8.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.26 % · percentile 18 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
vmware
NVD status
Deferred

Description

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-78 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hvmware
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · security@vmware.com (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
VMware · vCenter Serveraffected 8.0 < 8.0 U3e ; affected 7.0 < 7.0 U3v
VMware · Cloud Foundationaffected 5.x, 4.5.x
VMware · Telco Cloud Platformaffected 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x
VMware · Telco Cloud Infrastructureaffected 3.x, 2.x

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD