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CVE-2025-22224

KEV
Updated Feb 26, 2026 · PUBLISHED
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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.

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Affected packages

PackageVendor / ProductVersion rangeStatus
ESXiVMware / ESXi>= 7.0, < ESXi70U3s-24585291affected
ESXiVMware / ESXi>= 8.0, < ESXi80U2d-24585300affected
ESXiVMware / ESXi>= 8.0, < ESXi80U3d-24585383affected
Telco Cloud InfrastructureVMware / Telco Cloud Infrastructure3.x, 2.xaffected
Telco Cloud PlatformVMware / Telco Cloud Platform5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.xaffected
VMware Cloud FoundationVMware / VMware Cloud Foundation5.x, 4.5.xaffected
WorkstationVMware / Workstation>= 17.x, < 17.6.3affected