CVE-2025-41225Network attack vector

Authenticated command execution via alarm script actions

Published May 20, 2025 · Updated Jun 24, 2025

Command injection in VMware vCenter Server 7.0 and 8.0 allows remote authenticated users to run arbitrary commands via alarm script actions. The alarm script-action path accepts a command that vCenter Server executes, but Broadcom has not disclosed the affected function or validation failure. Exploitation requires privileges to create or modify alarms and run script actions, and successful commands execute on the vCenter Server.

CVSS severity8.8
High
EPSS probability0.26%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Command injection in VMware vCenter Server 7.0 and 8.0 allows remote authenticated users to run arbitrary commands via alarm script actions. The alarm script-action path accepts a command that vCenter Server executes, but Broadcom has not disclosed the affected function or validation failure. Exploitation requires privileges to create or modify alarms and run script actions, and successful commands execute on the vCenter Server.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-41225
Published
May 20, 2025
Updated
Jun 24, 2025
Vendor
VMware
Product
VMware vCenter Server
Classifications
CWE-78, T1059
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 20, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jun 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=7.0 <7.0 U3v
  2. Affected versionversion=8.0 <8.0 U3e

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

VMware · VMware vCenter Serverversion=7.0 <7.0 U3v; version=8.0 <8.0 U3e
VMware · VMware Telco Cloud Platformversion=5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x
VMware · VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructureversion=3.x, 2.x
VMware · VMware Cloud Foundationversion=5.x, 4.5.x

Published CVSS scores

8.8VMware by BroadcomCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8GitHub Advisory DatabaseCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter

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