{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 5 products.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-22224 in the wild since at least 4 Mar 2025.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22224 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 25 Mar 2025.","what":"CVE-2025-22224 is a critical vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 4 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-22224 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-22224 is a critical vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 4 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-22224 in the wild since at least 4 Mar 2025.\n\nAffected product: Vmware Cloud Foundation. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22224/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22224/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-22224","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22224/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-22224","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-j652-46fv-w96g"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware virtualization platform","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A local attacker with admin privileges on a VM can exploit a race condition to execute code on the host via the VMX process.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[{"product":"cloud_foundation","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"esxi","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"telco_cloud_infrastructure","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"telco_cloud_platform","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"workstation","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":9.3,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-367","name":"Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-22224","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2025-03-04","dueDate":"2025-03-25","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","product":"ESXi and Workstation","requiredAction":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.","vendorProject":"VMware","vulnerabilityName":"VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"vmware:cloud_foundation","products":["vmware:cloud_foundation","vmware:esxi","vmware:workstation"],"type":"race_condition","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"VMware ESXi Arbitrary Write","id":"CVE-2025-22225"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Spring Security Vulnerable to Authorization Bypass via Security Annotations","id":"CVE-2025-22223"},"products":["ESXi","Telco Cloud Infrastructure","Telco Cloud Platform","VMware Cloud Foundation","Workstation"],"published":"2025-03-04","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2024-38812","kev_date_added":"2024-11-20","published":"2024-09-17"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Out-of-bounds Write","id":"CVE-2024-37079","kev_date_added":"2026-01-23","published":"2024-06-18"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager Server-Side Template Injection","id":"CVE-2022-22954","kev_date_added":"2022-04-14","published":"2022-04-11"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server File Upload","id":"CVE-2021-22005","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-09-23"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2021-21985","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-05-26"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware Server Side Request Forgery in vRealize Operations Manager API","id":"CVE-2021-21975","kev_date_added":"2022-01-18","published":"2021-03-31"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2021-21972","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-02-24"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-26","vendors":["VMware"]},"summary":"A local attacker with admin privileges on a VM can exploit a race condition to execute code on the host via the VMX process.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22224/"}