Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools
YES - ON THE CISA KEV LIST
CVE-2025-41244
Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability
356 days past due
Broadcom: 6 entries (0.3% of all KEV entries are from this vendor); 4 added in 2026.
BOD 26-04 note: this is the date printed in the CISA catalog. A federal agency's actual deadline is set by its SSVC tier - Act (3 days), Attend (14 days), Track (60 days), or the next scheduled upgrade - counted from the KEV listing date or the date the vulnerability is identified in its environment, whichever comes first. Use the tier helper on each CVE page for your own window.
Your BOD 26-04 window (SSVC tier helper)
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Description
Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a privilege defined with unsafe actions 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.
Required action (CISA)
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41244
References
Other KEV entries for this vendor: Broadcom
- CVE-2026-41709 - VMware ESX (2026-10-28)
- CVE-2026-59310 - VMware vCenter (2026-08-18)
- CVE-2026-22719 - VMware Aria Operations (2026-03-03)
- CVE-2024-37079 - VMware vCenter Server (2026-01-23)
- CVE-2025-1976 - Brocade Fabric OS (2025-04-28)
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