CVE-2025-41244 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2025-41244: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious local actor with non-administrative privileges having access to a VM with VMware Tools installed and managed by Aria Operations with SDMP enabled may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privile

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2025-41244 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

open-vm-tools→ fixed in2:11.2.5-2+deb11u5urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y open-vm-tools
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

open-vm-tools→ fixed in2:12.2.0-1+deb12u4urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y open-vm-tools
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

open-vm-tools→ fixed in2:12.5.0-2+deb13u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y open-vm-tools
```

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