CVE-2025-22226 VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure
A malicious actor with administrative privileges in a virtual machine can exploit an out-of-bounds read to leak memory from the host vmx process.
- Exploited in the wild
- Since 4 Mar 2025
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-22226?
CVE-2025-22226 is a high-severity 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.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22226?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Vmware Cloud Foundation, Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Telco Cloud Infrastructure, Vmware Telco Cloud Platform, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2025-22226?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22226 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 25 Mar 2025.
Is CVE-2025-22226 being exploited?
Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-22226 in the wild since at least 4 Mar 2025.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Cloud Foundation
- CVE-2024-38812 VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2024-37079 Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Out-of-bounds Write
- CVE-2022-22954 VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager Server-Side Template Injection
- CVE-2021-22005 VMware vCenter Server File Upload
- CVE-2021-21985 VMware vCenter Server Improper Input Validation
Sources
Also known as GHSA-37f6-vjg7-8c6c.