CVE-2025-22226

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, 3.1)
• EPSS exploitation probability: Not yet available
• EPSS percentile: Not yet available

CISA KEV status

• Added to KEV: 2025-03-04
• Remediation due date: 2025-03-25
• Known ransomware campaign use: Unknown

Weakness types (CWE)

• CWE-125
• CWE-125

References

• https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-22226

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