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CISA orders feds to patch VMware Tools flaw exploited by Chinese hackers
On Thursday, CISA warned U.S. government agencies to secure their systems against attacks exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in Broadcom’s VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools software. Tracked as CVE-2025-41244 and patched one month ago, this vulnerability allows local attackers with non-administrative privileges to a virtual machine (VM) with VMware Tools and managed by Aria Operations with SDMP enabled […]
Chinese hackers exploiting VMware zero-day since October 2024
Broadcom has patched a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability in its VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools software, which has been exploited in zero-day attacks since October 2024. While the American technology giant didn’t tag this security bug (CVE-2025-41244) as exploited in the wild, it thanked NVISO threat researcher Maxime Thiebaut for reporting the bug in May. However, […]
Broadcom fixes high-severity VMware NSX bugs reported by NSA
Broadcom has released security updates to patch two high-severity VMware NSX vulnerabilities reported by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). VMware NSX is a networking virtualization solution within VMware Cloud Foundation that enables administrators to deploy traditional and modern applications in private/hybrid clouds. The first security flaw reported by the NSA, tracked as CVE-2025-41251, is due […]
CISA tags Broadcom Fabric OS, CommVault flaws as exploited in attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS, Commvault web servers, and Qualitia Active! Mail clients vulnerabilities that are actively exploited in attacks. The flaws were added yesterday to CISA’s ‘Known Exploited Vulnerabilities’ (KEV) catalog, with the Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS and Commvault flaws not previously tagged as exploited. […]
VMware Workstation auto-updates broken after Broadcom URL redirect
VMware Workstation users report that the software’s automatic update functionality is broken after Broadcom redirected the download URL to its generic support page, triggering certificate errors. The software contains a feature that checks for new updates on startup (if configured) and can be manually triggered by clicking Help > Software Updates. This will cause the program to connect […]
Broadcom warns of authentication bypass in VMware Windows Tools
Broadcom released security updates today to fix a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware Tools for Windows. VMware Tools is a suite of drivers and utilities designed to improve performance, graphics, and overall system integration for guest operating systems running in VMware virtual machines. The vulnerability (CVE-2025-22230) is caused by an improper access control weakness […]
Broadcom fixes three VMware zero-days exploited in attacks
Broadcom warned customers today about three VMware zero-days, tagged as exploited in attacks and reported by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center. The vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-22224, CVE-2025-22225, and CVE-2025-22226) impact VMware ESX products, including VMware ESXi, vSphere, Workstation, Fusion, Cloud Foundation, and Telco Cloud Platform. Attackers with privileged administrator or root access can chain these flaws to escape […]
Critical RCE bug in VMware vCenter Server now exploited in attacks
Broadcom warned today that attackers are now exploiting two VMware vCenter Server vulnerabilities, one of which is a critical remote code execution flaw. TZL security researchers reported the RCE vulnerability (CVE-2024-38812) during China’s 2024 Matrix Cup hacking contest. It is caused by a heap overflow weakness in the vCenter’s DCE/RPC protocol implementation and affects products […]
Broadcom fixes critical RCE bug in VMware vCenter Server
Broadcom has fixed a critical VMware vCenter Server vulnerability that attackers can exploit to gain remote code execution on unpatched servers via a network packet. vCenter Server is the central management hub for VMware‘s vSphere suite, helping administrators manage and monitor virtualized infrastructure. The vulnerability (CVE-2024-38812), reported by TZL security researchers during China’s 2024 Matrix Cup hacking contest, is […]