CVE-2025-62627 Information disclosure in ESXi 8.x and ESXi 9.x hosts using AMD-Pensando DPU products
An untrusted pointer dereference in the AMD Pensando DPU driver for VMware ESXi allows unprivileged VMs to read kernel or co-located guest memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-62627?
CVE-2025-62627 is a high-severity vulnerability in ESXi 8.x and ESXi 9.x hosts using AMD-Pensando DPU products, published on 13 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An untrusted pointer dereference in the ionic cloud driver for VMWare ESXi could allow an attacker with an unprivileged VM to read kernel memory or co-located guest VM memory, potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality or availability.
Weakness: CWE-822
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-62627?
How do I fix CVE-2025-62627?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-62627 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-62627 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62627 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-848j-6h4j-m9q4.