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TI-2025-27476 Aliases CVE-2025-41229GHSA-6678-8j3c-rghf

VMware Cloud Foundation Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00675 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Cloud Foundation (VMware): 5.2.1.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
VMwareCloud Foundation5.x to before 5.2.1.2; 4.5.x5.2.1.2Patch availableCNA
  • Cloud Foundation VendorVMware Affected 5.x to before 5.2.1.2; 4.5.x Fixed in 5.2.1.2 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Cloud Foundation (VMware) Fixed in 5.2.1.2

Fixed in the same release

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

  • Release ·

    VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1.2

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-27477 VMware Cloud Foundation Information Disclosure VulnerabilityPriority LOW 39
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-41229
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6678-8j3c-rghf

References

Other 1

  • TI-2026-42442 vCenter directory-traversal vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-26040 Privilege escalation in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-26039 Heap-overflow in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-24610 Out-of-bounds write in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-16914 VMware vCenter Server Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-07303 Command injection in Aria Operations for Networks KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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