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⚠️ NVISO Labs says China-linked UNC5174 has been exploiting a newly patched local privilege escalation bug, CVE-2025-41244, in Broadcom VMware Tools and VMware Aria Operations since mid-October 2024. The vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) stems from a vulnerable get_version() regex that can match non-system binaries in writable directories (for example, /tmp/httpd) and cause metrics collection to execute them with elevated privileges. VMware and Broadcom have released fixes and mitigations; affected organizations should apply vendor patches and follow VMware's guidance, and Linux distributions will receive patched open-vm-tools packages from vendors.

🔔 Broadcom is changing its VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) licensing for hyperscalers to an exclusive bring-your-own subscription model effective November 1, 2025. For Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) customers this means future clusters will require purchasing portable VCF subscriptions directly from Broadcom and using GCVE’s existing BYOL option. Google introduced a BYOL path for GCVE in 2024 and notes the managed service itself remains unchanged. Transition rules and timing differ for committed use discounts and on-demand nodes, so customers should review their commitments.

🔧 Kali Linux 2025.3 delivers ten new tools and expanded Wi-Fi and NetHunter capabilities. Notable additions include Caido (client and server), Detect It Easy, Gemini CLI, krbrelayx, ligolo-mp, and vwifi-dkms for dummy Wi‑Fi networks. Nexmon support is restored for Broadcom/Cypress chips and Raspberry Pi devices, while NetHunter gains Samsung S10 support and CARsenal updates. Users can upgrade via the Kali rolling repository or download the new ISOs.