CVE-2025-22224VMware ESXi, and Workstation contain a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write.
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Mar 4, 2025; federal agencies had to remediate by Mar 25, 2025. Treat that date as your deadline.
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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.
- CVSS
- 9.3 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-367
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Mar 4, 2025; federal remediation due Mar 25, 2025Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 1.56% (percentile 75)
- Assigned by
- vmware
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
VMware ESXi vmware:esxi (from the name) | from 8.0 before ESXi80U3d-24585383; from 8.0 before ESXi80U2d-24585300; from 7.0 before ESXi70U3s-24585291 | CNA record |
VMware Workstation vmware:workstation (from the name) | from 17.x before 17.6.3 | CNA record |
VMware VMware Cloud Foundation vmware:cloud_foundation (from the name) | 5.x, 4.5.x | CNA record |
VMware Telco Cloud Platform vmware:telco_cloud_platform (from the name) | 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x | CNA record |
VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure (from the name) | 3.x, 2.x | CNA record |
vmware esxi vmware:esxi | 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; and 35 more ranges | NVD |
vmware cloud_foundation vmware:cloud_foundation | all versions | NVD |
vmware telco_cloud_infrastructure vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure | 2.2; 2.5; 2.7; 3.0 | NVD |
vmware telco_cloud_platform vmware:telco_cloud_platform | 2.0; 2.5; 2.7; 3.0; 4.0; 4.0.1; 5.0 | NVD |
vmware workstation vmware:workstation | from 17.0 before 17.6.3 | NVD |
References
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390vendor-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-22224us-government-resource
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