CVE-2025-22224
KEVHIGH 8.2EPSS 1.6%
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.
- Affected
- VMware · ESXi · Workstation · VMware Cloud Foundation · Telco Cloud Platform · Telco Cloud Infrastructure
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 8.2 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1 VMWARE
- 9.3 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 1.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2025-03-04
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- Updated
- 2026-02-26
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- winmin/awesome-vm-escape617★ · 2026-03-18