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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | ESXi | 8.0 – < ESXi80U3d-24585383, 8.0 – < ESXi80U2d-24585300, 7.0 – < ESXi70U3s-24585291 | ESXi80U3d-24585383 |
| — | VMware Workstation | 17.x – < 17.6.3 | 17.6.3 |
| — | VMware Fusion | 13.x – < 13.6.3 | 13.6.3 |
| — | VMware Cloud Foundation | 5.x, 4.5.x | — |
| — | VMware Telco Cloud Platform | 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x | — |
| — | VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure | 3.x, 2.x | — |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
GitHub 1 repository
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dexteon/cve-2025-22226-poc ★ 0 · Nov 12, 2026
Research notes for cve-2025-22226-poc
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Advisories 3
- ICSA-25-077-02 Rockwell Automation Lifecycle Services with VMware CISA ICS & IT advisories · Mar 18, 2025
- WID-SEC-2025-0480 VMware ESXi: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Mar 6, 2025
- NCSC-2025-0073 Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in VMware producten NCSC-NL (Netherlands) · Mar 4, 2025