- Vendor / Project
- VMware
- Product
- ESXi and Workstation
- Date added
- Mar 4, 2025
- Due date
- Mar 25, 2025
- Known ransomware use
- Unknown
- CWEs
- CWE-367
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.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.