🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2025-41236

CRITICAL 9.3

VMXNET3 integer-overflow vulnerability

CVSS Score
9.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an integer-overflow vulnerability in the VMXNET3 virtual network adapter. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine with VMXNET3 virtual network adapter may exploit this issue to execute code on the host. Non VMXNET3 virtual adapters are not affected by this issue.

CWE CWE-787
Vendor vmware
Product esxi
Ecosystems
Industries
TechnologyEnterprise
Published Jul 15, 2025
Last Updated Feb 26, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

VMware / ESXi
8.0 < ESXi80U3f-24784735 8.0 < ESXi80U2e-24789317 7.0 < ESXi70U3w-24784741
VMware / Cloud Foundation
5.x, 4.5.x
VMware / Workstation
17.x < 17.6.4
VMware / Fusion
13.x ≤ 13.6.4
VMware / Telco Cloud Platform
5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x
VMware / Telco Cloud Infrastructure
3.x, 2.x

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
support.broadcom.com: https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/35877