CVE-2025-41229: vmware cloud_foundation Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-41229 is a high (CVSS 8.2) Path Traversal vulnerability in vmware cloud_foundation. EPSS estimates a 0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 20-05-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 24-06-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

VMware Cloud Foundation contains a directory traversal vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on VMware Cloud Foundation may exploit this issue to access certain internal services.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.