ACTIVELY EXPLOITED3 sources verified·1 min read
By Lyrie Threat Intelligence·3/4/2025
CVE-2025-22226 added to CISA KEV: VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion
Status: ✅ Confirmed exploited in the wild
Date added: 2025-03-04
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.
Due date: 2025-03-25
Why this matters
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. Successful exploitation allows an attacker with administrative privileges to a virtual machine to leak memory from the vmx process.
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