vmware esxi CVE-2025-22226 vulnerability in VMware Products
Published on March 4, 2025

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. A malicious actor with administrative privileges to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from the vmx process.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. Successful exploitation allows an attacker with administrative privileges to a virtual machine to leak memory from the vmx process.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by March 25, 2025: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-22226 is exploitable with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.5 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-22226

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VMware Esxi
 
VMware Cloud Foundation
 
VMware Fusion
 
VMware Workstation
 
VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure
 
VMware Telco Cloud Platform
 

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