High severity · published Sep 29, 2025
CVE-2025-41250
Header injection vulnerability
8.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VS
vCenter Server · VMware
8.0 before 8.0 U3g; 7.0 before 7.0 U3w · source: vendor
CF
Cloud Foundation · VMware
9.x.x.x before 9.0.1.0; 5.x before 5.2.2; 4.5.x · source: vendor
TC
Telco Cloud Infrastructure · VMware
3.x, 2.x · source: vendor
TC
Telco Cloud Platform · VMware
5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x · source: vendor
VF
vSphere Foundation · VMware
9.x.x.x before 9.0.1.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41250
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41250
support.broadcom.com
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36150
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