9.3

CVE-2025-22224: VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability

CVSS: 9.3v3.1CriticalKEVAnalyzed
Published 04-03-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-22224 is a critical (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in VMware ESXi and Workstation. It is known to be exploited: CISA lists it, first on 04-03-2025. EPSS estimates a 1.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
85/100
0100
Critical · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.56%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVListedCISA
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-03-2025
    Added to CISA KEVVMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability
  3. 25-03-2025
    CISA remediation dueApply mitigations per vendor instructions.
  4. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

75%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.56% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.56%

Known exploited

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CISA KEVListed
Added
04-03-2025
Federal due date
25-03-2025

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. support.broadcom.com/web/… nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22224

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Vmware6 products
  • cloud_foundationna
  • esxiEOL≥ 8.0, < ESXi80U3d-24585383 | ≥ 8.0, < ESXi80U2d-24585300 | ≥ 7.0, < ESXi70U3s-24585291 | 7.0 | 7.0:beta | 7.0:update_1 | 7.0:update_1a | 7.0:update_1b | 7.0:update_1c | 7.0:update_1d | 7.0:update_1e | 7.0:update_2 | 7.0:update_2a | 7.0:update_2c | 7.0:update_2d | 7.0:update_2e | 7.0:update_3 | 7.0:update_3c | 7.0:update_3d | 7.0:update_3e | 7.0:update_3f | 7.0:update_3g | 7.0:update_3i | 7.0:update_3j | 7.0:update_3k | 7.0:update_3l | 7.0:update_3m | 7.0:update_3n | 7.0:update_3o | 7.0:update_3p | 7.0:update_3q | 7.0:update_3r | 8.0 | 8.0:a | 8.0:b | 8.0:c | 8.0:update_1 | 8.0:update_1a | 8.0:update_1c | 8.0:update_1d | 8.0:update_2 | 8.0:update_2b | 8.0:update_2c | 8.0:update_3 | 8.0:update_3b | 8.0:update_3c
  • telco_cloud_infrastructure3.x, 2.x | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.0
  • telco_cloud_platform5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0.1 | 5.0
  • vmware cloud foundation5.x, 4.5.x

1 vendor · 6 products

References

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