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CVE-2025-22224

VendorvmwareProductworkstation, esxi, cloud foundation, telco cloud platform, telco cloud infrastructureDiscoveredMar 4, 2025UpdatedOct 30, 2025

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 v3.1
9.3 CRITICAL
EPSS
1.56%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Listed
confirmed active exploitation
News coverage
1
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
7 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Mar 4, 2025
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Oct 30, 2025
Feb 5, 2026
helpnetsecurity.com reports: CISA confirms exploitation of VMware ESXi flaw by ransomware attackers