{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 4 products.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-22225 in the wild since at least 4 Mar 2025, including in ransomware campaigns.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22225 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 25 Mar 2025.","what":"CVE-2025-22225 is a high-severity memory corruption 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-2025-22225 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-22225 is a high-severity memory corruption 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-2025-22225 in the wild since at least 4 Mar 2025, including in ransomware campaigns.\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-2025-22225/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22225/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-22225","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22225/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-22225","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-2cxw-wgvv-24jj"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware ESXi hypervisor","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A malicious actor with VMX privileges can trigger an arbitrary kernel write to escape the sandbox, requiring immediate patching of VMware ESXi.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"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"}],"cvss":{"score":8.2,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-787","name":"Out-of-bounds Write"},{"id":"CWE-123","name":"Write-what-where Condition"}],"description":"VMware ESXi contains an arbitrary write vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process may trigger an arbitrary kernel write leading to an escape of the sandbox.","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 Arbitrary Write","id":"CVE-2025-22225","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2025-03-04","dueDate":"2025-03-25","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","product":"ESXi","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 Arbitrary Write Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"vmware:cloud_foundation","products":["vmware:cloud_foundation","vmware:esxi"],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure","id":"CVE-2025-22226"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-22224"},"products":["VMware Cloud Foundation","VMware ESXi","VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure","VMware Telco Cloud Platform"],"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":"2026-08-04","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"A malicious actor with VMX privileges can trigger an arbitrary kernel write to escape the sandbox, requiring immediate patching of VMware ESXi.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22225/"}