CVE-2025-41251
Essential information
- Published
- 29/09/2025 19:15
- Modified
- 29/09/2025 19:34
- Author
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- Creator
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- CVSS
- 8.1 HIGH (v3.1)
- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
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- CVSS vector
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H—
CVSS metrics
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- Authentication
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- Confidentiality impact
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- Availability impact
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- Exploitability
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- Remediation level
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- Temporal score
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- Attack vector
- NETWORK
- Attack complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges required
- NONE
- User interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact
- HIGH
- Integrity impact
- HIGH
- Availability impact
- HIGH
- Exploit code maturity
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- Remediation level
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- Attack vector
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- Attack requirements
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Confidentiality (V)
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- Confidentiality (S)
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- Integrity (V)
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- Integrity (S)
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- Availability (V)
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- Availability (S)
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Description
VMware NSX contains a weak password recovery mechanism vulnerability. An unauthenticated malicious actor may exploit this to enumerate valid usernames, potentially enabling brute-force attacks.
Impact: Username enumeration → credential brute force risk.
Attack Vector: Remote, unauthenticated.
Severity: Important.
CVSSv3: 8.1 (High).
Acknowledgments: Reported by the National Security Agency.
Affected Products:VMware NSX 9.x.x.x, 4.2.x, 4.1.x, 4.0.x
NSX-T 3.x
VMware Cloud Foundation (with NSX) 5.x, 4.5.x
Fixed Versions: NSX 9.0.1.0; 4.2.2.2/4.2.3.1 http://4.2.2.2/4.2.3.1 ; 4.1.2.7; NSX-T 3.2.4.3; CCF async patch (KB88287).
Workarounds: None.
NVD status
- Status
- Awaiting Analysis — CVE has been marked for Analysis. Normally once in this state the CVE will be analyzed by NVD staff within 24 hours.
- Source
- [email protected]
- NVD
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
|---|---|
| vmware / nsx | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:nsx:9.*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware / nsx | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:nsx:4.2.*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware / nsx | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:nsx:4.1.*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware / nsx | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:nsx:4.0.*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware / nsx-t | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:nsx-t:3.*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware / cloud foundation | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:5.*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware / cloud foundation | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.5.*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |