CVE-2025-41226
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
Product
ESXi
PublishedMay 20, 2025
First seenMay 20, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-400Uncontrolled resource consumption
How to fix
Update
- VMware ESXiESXi80U3se-24659227, ESXi70U3sv-24723868 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| VMware ESXi | 8.0 ≤ v < ESXi80U3se-24659227, 7.0 ≤ v < ESXi70U3sv-24723868 | ESXi80U3se-24659227, ESXi70U3sv-24723868 |
| VMware Cloud Foundation | 5.x, 4.5.x | — |
| VMware Telco Cloud Platform | 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x | — |
| VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure | 3.x, 2.x | — |
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