CVE-2025-22226 KEV
7.1
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 1.8% (pctl 77)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2025-03-25.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.1 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.77% — more likely to be exploited than 77% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-125 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2025-03-25 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2025-03-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2025-03-04 |
| Due | 2025-03-25 |
| Vendor / product | VMware / ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (6)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| vmware | cloud foundation |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | fusion |
| vmware | telco cloud infrastructure |
| vmware | telco cloud platform |
| vmware | workstation |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD