CVE-2025-22226

high-risk
Published 2025-03-04

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.

Do I need to act?

~
4.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.1/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

63
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 22/34 · High
Exploitability 15/34 · Moderate
Exposure 26/34 · High