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VMSA-2025-0015 – VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools – Multiple Vulnerabilities

VMware by Broadcom has released VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities CVE-2025-41244, CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246. Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools were privately reported to Broadcom. Patches are available to remediate these vulnerabilities in affected Broadcom products. Impacted Products CVE-2025-41244 | Local privilege escalation vulnerability Description:VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Broadcom has evaluated […]

VMSA-2025-0013 – VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Tools – Multiple Vulnerabilities

VMware by Broadcom has released VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Tools updates to address multiple vulnerabilities CVE-2025-41236, CVE-2025-41237, CVE-2025-41238, CVE-2025-41239. Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Tools were privately reported to Broadcom. Updates are available to remediate these vulnerabilities in affected Broadcom products.  Impacted Products CVE-2025-41236 | VMXNET3 integer-overflow vulnerability  Description: VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an integer-overflow vulnerability in the VMXNET3 […]

VMSA-2025-0012 – VMware NSX – Multiple Vulnerabilities

VMware by Broadcom has released VMware NSX updates to address multiple vulnerabilities CVE-2025-22243, CVE-2025-22244, CVE-2025-22245. Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware NSX were privately reported to VMware. Updates are available to remediate these vulnerabilities in affected VMware products. Impacted Products CVE-2025-22243 | Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Manager-UI Description:VMware NSX Manager UI is vulnerable to a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack […]

VMware Cloud Foundation on my Lab

I am writing this article because I had trouble understanding the best way to deploy VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) in a lab environment, given our limited resources and the high demands of VCF. For example, using the VCF Holodeck Toolkit requires 384 GB of RAM, which is beyond our current capacity. To address this issue, I searched for ways to […]

Renew NSX Internal Self-Signed Certificates

Once you have installed the NSX Manager, the internal self-sign certificate will be generated and configured with different services like the manager web console. These certificates have a lifetime and will expire one day, so we need to renew the certificates and we are going to renew the self-sign certificates. One important aspect of this is ensuring that the self-signed […]

NSX Training | Segment DHCP Server

Today, I’m excited to share a new tutorial video that I’ve created, which walks you through the process of configuring a Segment DHCP server in VMware NSX. Why Configure a DHCP Server in VMware NSX?Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is crucial for automating IP address allocation and management in a network. By configuring a DHCP server within VMware NSX, you […]

Change NSX User Password with API

In this article, I am going to show how to change the NSX user password in different ways, but specifically using the API. You will need your API tool, here I am going to use Postman to explore and send API requests to the NSX Manager. But first I would like to take a moment and show 2 other ways […]