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CVE-2025-22226

CVE-2025-22226HIGH

n/a ESXi — VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   N  C  H  N  N    7.1   .0177   77.4   YES

AFFECTED
  Product                            Versions              Fixed
  ESXi                               8.0 –                 —
  VMware Workstation                 17.x –                —
  VMware Fusion                      13.x –                —
  VMware Cloud Foundation            5.x, 4.5.x –          —
  VMware Telco Cloud Platform        5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x –  —
  VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure  3.x, 2.x –            —

TIMELINE
  Jan 2   Reserved by vmware
  Mar 4   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2025-03-25
  Mar 4   Published (CNA: vmware)

CWE-125 · CNA: vmware · CVSS v3.1 · 2 references · KEV due March 25, 2025

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
January 2, 2025	Reserved	Reserved by vmware
March 4, 2025	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2025-03-25
March 4, 2025	Published	Published (CNA: vmware)

Affected

Affected products and packages — 6 rows
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	ESXi	—	8.0	—
n/a	VMware Workstation	—	17.x	—
n/a	VMware Fusion	—	13.x	—
n/a	VMware Cloud Foundation	—	5.x, 4.5.x	—
n/a	VMware Telco Cloud Platform	—	5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x	—
n/a	VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure	—	3.x, 2.x	—

Weaknesses

CWE-125

References (2)

Authoritative record: CVE-2025-22226 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-125

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2025-22226 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.