Vulnerability · Published Sep 29, 2025 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2025-41250Header injection vulnerability
High 8.5
In plain English
A high-severity command injection in Cloud Foundation from VMware. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 48.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
VMware vCenter contains an SMTP header injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on vCenter who has permission to create scheduled tasks may be able to manipulate the notification emails sent for scheduled tasks.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| VMware | vCenter | 8.0 – before 8.0 U3g7.0 – before 7.0 U3w |
| VMware | Cloud Foundation | 9.x.x.x – before 9.0.1.05.x – before 5.2.24.5.x |
| VMware | Telco Cloud Platform | 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x |
| VMware | Telco Cloud Infrastructure | 3.x, 2.x |
| VMware | vSphere Foundation | 9.x.x.x – before 9.0.1.0 |
Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L