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VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities CVE-2025-22226

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. Successful exploitation allows an attacker with administrative privileges to a virtual machine to leak memory from the vmx process.

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Capability ID	Capability Description	Mapping Type	ATT&CK ID	ATT&CK Name	Notes
CVE-2025-22226	VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability	secondary_impact	T1611	Escape to Host	Comments This vulnerability, present in VMWare ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion, is the result of an out-of-bounds read in the Host Guest File System (HGFS) and can be exploited by attackers with administrative privileges to disclose sensitive information from the VMX process. An attacker could then move into the hypervisor itself. References https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390 https://westoahu.hawaii.edu/cyber/vulnerability-research/vulnerabilities-weekly-summaries/attacks-on-vmware-esxi/#:~:text=all%20impacted%20products.- Exploitation of%20VMs%20compromising%20the%20host.
CVE-2025-22226	VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability	primary_impact	T1005	Data from Local System	Comments This vulnerability, present in VMWare ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion, is the result of an out-of-bounds read in the Host Guest File System (HGFS) and can be exploited by attackers with administrative privileges to disclose sensitive information from the VMX process. An attacker could then move into the hypervisor itself. References https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390 https://westoahu.hawaii.edu/cyber/vulnerability-research/vulnerabilities-weekly-summaries/attacks-on-vmware-esxi/#:~:text=all%20impacted%20products.- Exploitation of%20VMs%20compromising%20the%20host.