CVE-2025-41226 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-41226: Guest Operations Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Vendor Vmware
Product ESXi
Weakness CWE-400
Published May 20, 2025
Last update June 24, 2025

CVSS base score

6.8/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 20, 2025 CVE published
June 24, 2025 Record updated