CVE-2025-22226
HIGH CISA KEVDescription
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.
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CVSS v3.1 Score
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild.
Weakness Type (CWE)
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | esxi |
| vmware | cloud_foundation |
| vmware | fusion |
| vmware | telco_cloud_infrastructure |
| vmware | telco_cloud_infrastructure |
| vmware | telco_cloud_infrastructure |
| vmware | telco_cloud_infrastructure |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform |
| vmware | workstation |
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