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CVE-2025-22224: VMware ESXi, and Workstation contain a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write.

HighCVSS 8.2 · v3.1KEVWeaponized No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 62/100)

  • CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Mar 4, 2025). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Mar 25, 2025.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 75.5% of all records.
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Until a fix is released, restrict access to the affected component and follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

VMware ESXi, and Workstation contain a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.

Published
Mar 4, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
1.5% · 75th percentile

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Action score

62

This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS
32 / 40 · 8.2 / 10
CISA KEV
30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
8.2
CNA · vmware
9.3
1.1 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Mar 4, 2025. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Mar 25, 2025.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
vmwareesxi
vmwarecloud foundation
vmwaretelco cloud infrastructure
vmwaretelco cloud platform
vmwareworkstation

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (vmware). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • VMware ESXi

    • 8.0 and later · before ESXi80U3d-24585383affected
    • 8.0 and later · before ESXi80U2d-24585300affected
    • 7.0 and later · before ESXi70U3s-24585291affected

  • VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure

    • 3.x, 2.xaffected

  • VMware Telco Cloud Platform

    • 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.xaffected

  • VMware VMware Cloud Foundation

    • 5.x, 4.5.xaffected

  • VMware Workstation

    • 17.x and later · before 17.6.3affected
Affected versions · NVD (15)

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • vmware cloud foundationall versions
  • vmware esxi7.0
  • vmware esxi8.0
  • vmware telco cloud infrastructure2.2
  • vmware telco cloud infrastructure2.5
  • vmware telco cloud infrastructure2.7
  • vmware telco cloud infrastructure3.0
  • vmware telco cloud platform2.0
  • vmware telco cloud platform2.5
  • vmware telco cloud platform2.7
  • vmware telco cloud platform3.0
  • vmware telco cloud platform4.0
  • vmware telco cloud platform4.0.1
  • vmware telco cloud platform5.0
  • vmware workstation17.0 and later · before 17.6.3

Same product

vmware: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-22225VMware ESXi contains an arbitrary write vulnerability.KEV
    62This week
  • CVE-2025-22226VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS.KEV
    54Plan
  • CVE-2026-41709ESX insufficient logging vulnerabilityKEV
    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-3982Oct 20, 2020 · VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.1-0.0.16850804, 6.7 before ESXi670-202008101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202007101-SG), Workstation (15.x)…
    30Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-3995Oct 20, 2020 · In VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201908101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202007101-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0), Fusion (11.x before 11.
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-41226May 20, 2025 · Guest Operations Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
    27Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02026-11-12

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. CISA KEVsame day
  2. Published
  3. First PoC+618 d
  4. TodayNov 14, 2026+620 d

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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References

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