CVE-2025-22226

7.1 HIGH CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: March 04, 2025 Modified: October 30, 2025

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

2 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.1 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.0%
88th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2025-03-25

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

vmware