CVE-2025-22224

CRITICAL Exploited in Wild

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 v3.1 Score

9.3
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Published: 3/4/2025Modified: 10/30/2025

Related Intelligence (1)

HIGHAptExploited

UNC3886 Linked to VMware vCenter Exploitation Campaign Targeting Defense Sector

UNC3886 exploits known VMware vCenter vulnerabilities to deploy VirtualPita and VirtualPie backdoors across defense contractor virtualization infrastructure.

CVE-2025-22224CVE-2025-22225VMware vCenter Server
Mandiant / Microsoft

References (2)

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390Vendor Advisoryhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-22224US Government Resource