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Vulnerabilities/CVE-2025-22224Public Intelligence Dossier
Source: vmware · Limited verification•Last verified: •Collection Degraded
CVE-2025-22224ListedCRITICAL (raw)CVSS 9.3CWE-367

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

Published: 04 Mar 2025•Last updated: 17 Jun 2026, 02:15 PM IST•Source identifier: security@vmware.com
Dossier completeness: source-provided sections 3 / 3 · rule guidance not available. Missing source facts count as incomplete.
Official source
CISA KEV catalog
Listed
Added04 Mar 2025
Due25 Mar 2025
RansomwareUnknown
CVSS score
9.3CRITICAL (raw)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Metric sourcesecurity@vmware.com
EPSS probability
1.6%0.016
Percentile75th
Weakness type
CWE-367
No further CWE recorded
Remediation
Patch status unknown
No fixed version or KB recorded

Why It Matters

Analysis dossier

Why It Matters

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.

SOC priority

Immediate Attention

Actively exploited (source statement)

Yes

Publicly disclosed

Unknown

Risk basis: CISA KEV exploitation signal; SOC ecosystem technology relevance; CRITICAL severity; Known exploitation signal from CISA KEV or ransomware metadata; Source-confirmed exploitation or CISA KEV/ransomware metadata

Affected Products & Remediation

5 source-backed products
Affected products and versions (source)
  • vmware esxi · 7.0; 8.0 · NVD CPE · Source
  • vmware cloud foundation · version range not provided by source · NVD CPE · Source
  • vmware telco cloud infrastructure · 2.2; 2.5; 2.7; 3.0 · NVD CPE · Source
  • vmware telco cloud platform · 2.0; 2.5; 2.7; 3.0; 4.0; 4.0.1; 5.0 · NVD CPE · Source
  • vmware workstation · >= 17.0 < 17.6.3 · NVD CPE · Source
Recorded patch / KBNot provided by source

Vendor or catalog guidance (source)

  • CISA KEV: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Known exploitation (source facts)

Only what a source states. Unknown means no source has said either way; it is not "not exploited".

CISA KEV
Listed
Exploited (source statement)
Yes
Publicly disclosed (source)
Unknown

CISA 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.

Suggested hunting (rule-based inference)

SecOps Signal recommendation (rule-based inference). These steps are hunting hypotheses from the vulnerability class; they do not state or imply that exploitation occurred here or anywhere.

No rule-based guidance for this vulnerability class

CISA KEV Record

Catalog entry
04 Mar 2025
Required action due
25 Mar 2025
Known ransomware use
Unknown

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Change History & Source Data

— No recorded material change

CNA / source
security@vmware.com
Record status · verification
UPDATED · CISA KEV confirmed
CPE
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1a:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1b:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1c:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1d:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1e:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2a:*:*:*:*:*:*

Evidence & Provenance

4 public sources
CISA KEV CatalogAdded 2025-03-04support.broadcom.comSource recordnvd.nist.govSource recordcisa.govSource record

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Detection Hunting Query
Target: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities•Defender XDR
Detect endpoints exposed to CVE-2025-22224
Purpose: Exposure assessment (Category: Exposure Check)Why linked: Query metadata names CVE-2025-22224
DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities| where CveId == "CVE-2025-22224"| project DeviceId, DeviceName, OSPlatform, OSVersion, SoftwareVendor, SoftwareName, SoftwareVersion, CveId, VulnerabilitySeverityLevel, RecommendedSecurityUpdate, RecommendedSecurityUpdateId| sort by VulnerabilitySeverityLevel desc
Schema Checked · Not runtime validatedSource: SecOps Signal deterministic template · Limited verificationStatic screening: Passed structure and schema checks; tenant execution is not verified.
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