Input validation error in vCenter Server - CVE-2025-41241
Published: July 30, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113509
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-41241
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote user with permissions to perform API calls for guest OS customization can send specially crafted input to the API and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
vCenter Server
IBM Cloud Pak System
IBM Cloud Pak System
How to mitigate CVE-2025-41241
Install updates from vendor's website.
vCenter Server - addressed in versions 7.0 U3v, 8.0 U3g
IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.6.1
IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.6.1