EXPOSURES › CVE-2025-22224
CVE-2025-22224
HIGH ⌖ ON CISA KEV · EXPLOITED
DETAIL
⌖ EXPLOITED IN THE WILD
SHAME 50/100
exploited-in-wild
VMware ESXi and Workstation vulnerabilities allow code execution with local admin privileges, and are currently being exploited in the wild.
▸ RECOMMENDED ACTION Actively exploited (CISA KEV) — remediate now, ahead of your normal patch cycle.
PLAYERS IMPLICATED
DESCRIPTION
VMware ESXi and Workstation contain a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write. Successful exploitation enables an attacker with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.
AFFECTED FEDRAMP PRODUCTS · 2
| PRODUCT | STATUS |
|---|---|
| VMware Government Services (VGS) VMware, Inc. |
Authorized |
| Workspace ONE VMware, Inc. |
Authorized |