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CVE-2025-22226

VendorvmwareProductfusion, workstation, esxi, cloud foundation, telco cloud platform, telco cloud infrastructureDiscoveredMar 4, 2025UpdatedOct 30, 2025

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.

CVSS v3.1
7.1 HIGH
EPSS
1.63%
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
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 27, 2026
▼ 0.10pp
1.74% → 1.63% over 5 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityNONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Connections
8 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