TI-2025-27474 Aliases CVE-2025-41227 GHSA-h593-cg7r-4hp4

Denial-of-service in VMware ESXi

LOW 24CWE-400Published 2025-05-20 · Updated 2025-06-24

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

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 exhausting memory of the host process leading to a denial-of-service condition.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00165 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed ESXi (VMware): ESXi80U3se-24659227, ESXi70U3sv-24723868Workstation (VMware): 17.6.3+1 more product

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
VMware	ESXi	8.0 to before ESXi80U3se-24659227; 7.0 to before ESXi70U3sv-24723868	ESXi80U3se-24659227, ESXi70U3sv-24723868	Patch available	CNA
VMware	Cloud Foundation	5.x, 4.5.x	—	No fix listed	CNA
VMware	Telco Cloud Platform	5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x	—	No fix listed	CNA
VMware	Telco Cloud Infrastructure	3.x, 2.x	—	No fix listed	CNA
VMware	Workstation	17.x to before 17.6.3	17.6.3	Patch available	CNA
VMware	Fusion	13.x to before 13.6.3	13.6.3	Patch available	CNA

ESXi VendorVMware Affected 8.0 to before ESXi80U3se-24659227; 7.0 to before ESXi70U3sv-24723868 Fixed in ESXi80U3se-24659227, ESXi70U3sv-24723868 Patch available CNA
Cloud Foundation VendorVMware Affected 5.x, 4.5.x Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Telco Cloud Platform VendorVMware Affected 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Telco Cloud Infrastructure VendorVMware Affected 3.x, 2.x Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Workstation VendorVMware Affected 17.x to before 17.6.3 Fixed in 17.6.3 Patch available CNA
Fusion VendorVMware Affected 13.x to before 13.6.3 Fixed in 13.6.3 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 2

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi::::::::	—	—	VMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion::::::::	—	—	VMware

cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·VMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·VMware

Remediation

Fix · CNA ESXi (VMware) Fixed in ESXi80U3se-24659227, ESXi70U3sv-24723868
Fix · CNA Workstation (VMware) Fixed in 17.6.3
Fix · CNA Fusion (VMware) Fixed in 13.6.3

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2025-05-20
VMware ESXi ESXi70U3sv-24723868, ESXi80U3se-24659227
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-27473 Guest Operations Denial-of-Service VulnerabilityPriority LOW 30
- TI-2025-27475 VMware ESXi and vCenter Server Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) VulnerabilityPriority LOW 22
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-41227
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h593-cg7r-4hp4

References

Other 1

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

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Sources

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