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CVE-2025-22226

7.1
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
4.23%
LOW RiskEPSS (89th percentile)
KEV

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.

Published: 3/4/2025
Modified: 10/30/2025
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ACTIVELY EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

This vulnerability is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

Vulnerability Name:

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Vendor / Product:

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion

Required Action:

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Due Date: 3/25/2025(OVERDUE)
Added to KEV:

3/4/2025

Notes:

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22226

Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

4.23%LOW Exploitation Risk
89th percentile

This vulnerability has a 4.23% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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Same Weakness Type(CWE-125)

Similar SeverityHIGH