FKIE_CVE-2025-41241

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-07-29 13:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:22
Severity
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
VMware vCenter contains a denial-of-service vulnerability. A malicious actor who is authenticated through vCenter and has permission to perform API calls for guest OS customisation may trigger this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/35964
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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