CVE-2025-41250 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36150

History

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
Title		Header injection vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-77
References		https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36150
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2025-09-29T17:44:27.967Z

Updated: 2025-09-29T18:00:34.478Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T09:30:25.625Z

Link: CVE-2025-41250

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-29T18:00:27.121Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-29T18:15:31.460

Modified: 2025-09-29T19:34:10.030

Link: CVE-2025-41250

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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