CVE-2025-22226

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability

VMware — ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion

Added to KEV catalog: 4 March 2025
Federal remediation due date: 25 March 2025
Weakness classification (CWE): CWE-125

CISA Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. Successful exploitation allows an attacker with administrative privileges to a virtual machine to leak memory from the vmx process.

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.

Notes

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

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