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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2025-41250

VMware vCenter contains an SMTP header injection vulnerability.

HIGH 8.5EPSS 0.64%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.1
8.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
EPSS
0.64% probability · 49th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-77
Source
security@vmware.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.