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.
History

Tue, 20 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 20 May 2025 14:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Guest Operations Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2025-05-20T14:24:24.680Z

Updated: 2025-06-24T07:12:21.964Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T09:29:46.972Z

Link: CVE-2025-41226

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-20T16:04:59.311Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-05-20T15:16:07.670

Modified: 2025-05-21T20:25:16.407

Link: CVE-2025-41226

cve-icon Redhat

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