CVE-2025-22226: VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2025-22226 · Severity: critical · CVSS 7.1 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2025-03-04
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in the Host-Guest File System (HGFS). A malicious actor with administrative privileges on a virtual machine can exploit this to leak memory from the vmx process.
Yes. CVE-2025-22226 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 4 March 2025. Treat it as urgent.
How severe is CVE-2025-22226?
Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 7.1, published 4 March 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
VMware ESXi 7.0, 8.0; VMware Workstation 17.0 to 17.6.3; VMware Fusion 13.0.0 to 13.6.3; VMware Cloud Foundation; and 2 more.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-22226?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2025-22226 attacked?
It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-22226?
Check whether you run VMware ESXi, VMware Fusion or VMware Workstation. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.