Vulnerability Intelligence Report
VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability
CVE-2025-22224
VMware ESXi, and Workstation contain a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.
CISA KEV
SSVC: Active Exploitation
CVSS Base Score
9.3
CRITICAL
Exploitability:2.6
Impact Score:6.1
EPSS Probability:1.52%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-367 ↗CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| VMware | ESXi | 8.0 < ESXi80U3d-24585383 (affected), 8.0 < ESXi80U2d-24585300 (affected), 7.0 < ESXi70U3s-24585291 (affected) |
| VMware | Workstation | 17.x < 17.6.3 (affected) |
| VMware | VMware Cloud Foundation | 5.x, 4.5.x (affected) |
| VMware | Telco Cloud Platform | 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x (affected) |
| VMware | Telco Cloud Infrastructure | 3.x, 2.x (affected) |
References & Technical Advisories
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Threat Intelligence Signals
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | VMware by Broadcom · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2025-01-02T04:29:30 |
| Published | 2025-03-04T11:56:12 |
| Patch Date | 2025-03-04 |
| Last Updated | 2026-02-26T19:09:47 |
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