Resource exhaustion in Vmware Cloud Foundation
CVE-2025-41227
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to certain guest options. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges within a guest operating system may be able to exploit this issue by exhausti…
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.001 (25.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Vmware Cloud Foundation — versions 5.x, 4.5.x
- Vmware Esxi — versions 8.0, 7.0
- Vmware Fusion — versions 13.x
- Vmware Telco Cloud Infrastructure — versions 3.x, 2.x
- Vmware Telco Cloud Platform — versions 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x
- Vmware Workstation — versions 17.x
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-41227?
- CVE-2025-41227 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-20.
- How severe is CVE-2025-41227?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.