CVE-2025-22224

Product

VMware / ESXi and Workstation

Vulnerability

VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability

Added to KEV

Mar 4, 2025

Remediate by

Mar 25, 2025

Known ransomware use

No

Summary 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.

Notes

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22224