CVE-2025-41245Network attack vector

Authenticated disclosure of other users' credentials

Published Sep 29, 2025 · Updated Sep 29, 2025

Information disclosure in VMware Aria Operations before 8.18.5 allows remote authenticated users to obtain other users' credentials. Broadcom has not disclosed the affected component or how Aria Operations exposes stored credentials to an authenticated account. Exploitation requires non-administrative Aria Operations privileges and affects credential confidentiality without reported modification or service interruption.

CVSS severity4.9
Medium
EPSS probability0.60%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Information disclosure in VMware Aria Operations before 8.18.5 allows remote authenticated users to obtain other users' credentials. Broadcom has not disclosed the affected component or how Aria Operations exposes stored credentials to an authenticated account. Exploitation requires non-administrative Aria Operations privileges and affects credential confidentiality without reported modification or service interruption.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-41245
Published
Sep 29, 2025
Updated
Sep 29, 2025
Vendor
VMware
Product
VMware Telco Cloud Platform
Classifications
CWE-1188
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 29, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 29, 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=4.x <8.18.5
  2. Affected versionversion=5.x <8.18.5

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

VMware · VMware Telco Cloud Platformversion=4.x <8.18.5; version=5.x <8.18.5
VMware · VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructureversion=2.x <8.18.5; version=3.x <8.18.5
VMware · VMware Cloud Foundationversion=4.x <8.18.5; version=5.x <8.18.5
VMware · VMware Aria Operationsversion=8.18.x <8.18.5

Published CVSS scores

4.9VMwareCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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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-1188Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

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Technologies

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