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CVE-2025-41250: Header injection vulnerability
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-09-29 · updated 2026-10-18
- Weakness: CWE-77
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
- VMware Cloud Foundation: from 9.x.x.x before 9.0.1.0; from 5.x before 5.2.2; 4.5.x — fixed in 5.2.2, 9.0.1.0
- VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure: 3.x, 2.x
- VMware Telco Cloud Platform: 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x
- VMware vCenter: from 8.0 before 8.0 U3g; from 7.0 before 7.0 U3w — fixed in 7.0 U3w, 8.0 U3g
- VMware vSphere Foundation: from 9.x.x.x before 9.0.1.0 — fixed in 9.0.1.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.2, 9.0.1.0; VMware vCenter 7.0 U3w, 8.0 U3g; VMware vSphere Foundation 9.0.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
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