CVE-2025-41231 (GCVE-0-2025-41231)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-05-20 12:54
Modified
2025-05-20 13:21
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • Missing Authorisation
Summary
VMware Cloud Foundation contains a missing authorisation vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to VMware Cloud Foundation appliance may be able to perform certain unauthorised actions and access limited sensitive information.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a VMware Cloud Foundation Version: 5.x   < 5.2.1.2
Version: 4.5.x
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