CVE-2025-41226 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Vmware Esxi
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 67.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMay 20
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.3 | Impact: 4.0