What is CVE-2025-41229?

CVE-2025-41229 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2025-05-20.

How severe is CVE-2025-41229?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-41229 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Vmware Cloud Foundation

CVE-2025-41229

VMware Cloud Foundation contains a directory traversal vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on VMware Cloud Foundation may exploit this issue to access certain internal services.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.021 (84.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Vmware Cloud Foundation — versions 5.x, 4.5.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/Se…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-41229?: CVE-2025-41229 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2025-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2025-41229?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-41229 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.