Resource exhaustion in VMware Cloud Foundation
CVE-2025-41226
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.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (14.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- VMware Cloud Foundation — versions 5.x, 4.5.x
- VMware Esxi — versions 8.0, 7.0
- VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure — versions 3.x, 2.x
- VMware Telco Cloud Platform — versions 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-41226?
- CVE-2025-41226 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2025-05-20.
- How severe is CVE-2025-41226?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.