Broadcom Critical Updates - 20250716001

Overview

Broadcom has issued an urgent advisory addressing critical vulnerabilities affecting VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Tools.

What is vulnerable?

Product(s) Affected	CVE	CVSS	Severity
VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Tools	CVE-2025-41236 CVE-2025-41237 CVE-2025-41238	9.3 9.3 9.3	Critical Critical Critical

What has been observed?

The WA SOC has not received any reports of exploitation of this vulnerability on Western Australian Government networks at the time of writing.

Recommendation

The WA SOC recommends administrators apply the solutions as per vendor instructions to all affected devices within expected timeframe of 48 Hours... (refer Patch Management):

• BROADCOM: https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/35877

Additional References

• SecurityOnline: https://securityonline.info/broadcom-addresses-critical-vulnerabilities-in-vmware-esxi-workstation-and-fusion/

• Tenable: https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2025-41236

• Tenable: https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2025-41237

• Tenable: https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2025-41238