Weak Password Recovery Mechanism in VMware NSX Products
CVE-2025-41251

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Vmware
Status
Nsx
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 September 2025

What is CVE-2025-41251?

VMware NSX exhibits a vulnerability in its password recovery mechanism, which may allow unauthenticated attackers to enumerate valid usernames. This opens the door to potential brute-force attacks, presenting a significant risk to user credentials. The issue affects multiple versions of VMware NSX and NSX-T, prompting users to update to the fixed versions to mitigate potential exploits. No workarounds are available.

Affected Version(s)

NSX VMware NSX - 9.x.x.x, 4.2.x, 4.1.x, 4.0.x

NSX VMware NSX-T - 3.x

NSX VMware Cloud Foundation (with NSX) - 5.x, 4.5.x

References

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-noti...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

JSON
.
CVE-2025-41251 : Weak Password Recovery Mechanism in VMware NSX Products