Vulnerability Intelligence Report
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2025-22226
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.
CISA KEV
SSVC: Active Exploitation
CVSS Base Score
7.1
HIGH
Exploitability:2.6
Impact Score:4.0
EPSS Probability:1.68%
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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-125 ↗CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| vmware | esxi | 7.0, 8.0 |
| vmware | cloud_foundation | all |
| vmware | fusion | all |
| vmware | telco_cloud_infrastructure | 2.2, 2.5, 2.7, 3.0 |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform | 2.0, 2.5, 2.7, 3.0, 4.0, 4.0.1, 5.0 |
| vmware | workstation | all |
References & Technical Advisories
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Threat Intelligence Signals
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | VMware by Broadcom · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2025-01-02T04:29:59 |
| Published | 2025-03-04T11:56:57 |
| Patch Date | 2025-03-04 |
| Last Updated | 2026-02-26T19:09:47 |
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