CVE-2025-22224: VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
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.
Description
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
VMware: ESXiVMware: Telco Cloud InfrastructureVMware: Telco Cloud PlatformVMware: VMware Cloud FoundationVMware: Workstation
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvis… (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)