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CVE-2025-22226

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. A malicious actor with administrative privileges to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from the vmx process.

CVSS 7.1 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
8.1/10
General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?
  • Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
  • Technical severity: CVSS 7.1: +1.06
  • Fresh EPSS: 1.63%: +0.01

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 16 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)
0/100
Press, 30 days (60%)
0/100
Grounded branding (15%)
0/100
HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Help Net Security
Press · 05 Feb 2026, 08:00 · CISA confirms exploitation of VMware ESXi flaw by ransomware attackers - Help Net Security
BleepingComputer
Press · 04 Feb 2026, 08:00 · CISA: VMware ESXi flaw now exploited in ransomware attacks - BleepingComputer
SecurityWeek
Press · 09 Jan 2026, 08:00 · Exploit for VMware Zero-Day Flaws Likely Built a Year Before Public Disclosure - SecurityWeek
The Hacker News
Press · 09 Jan 2026, 08:00 · China-Linked Hackers Exploit VMware ESXi Zero-Days to Escape Virtual Machines - The Hacker News
CyberSecurityNews
Press · 08 Jan 2026, 08:00 · Hackers Exploiting VMware ESXi Instances in the Wild Using zero-day Exploit Toolkit - CyberSecurityNews
See all 16 source documents
Huntress
Press · 07 Jan 2026, 08:00 · The Great VM Escape: ESXi Exploitation in the Wild - Huntress
wiz.io
Press · 07 May 2025, 21:51 · CVE-2025-22226 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps - wiz.io
BleepingComputer
Press · 06 Mar 2025, 08:00 · Over 37,000 VMware ESXi servers vulnerable to ongoing attacks - BleepingComputer
DoublePulsar
Press · 05 Mar 2025, 08:00 · Use one Virtual Machine to own them all — active exploitation of VMware ESX hypervisor escape ESXicape - DoublePulsar
The Hacker News
Press · 04 Mar 2025, 08:00 · VMware Security Flaws Exploited in the Wild—Broadcom Releases Urgent Patches - The Hacker News
BleepingComputer
Press · 04 Mar 2025, 08:00 · Broadcom fixes three VMware zero-days exploited in attacks - BleepingComputer
The Record from Recorded Future News
Press · 04 Mar 2025, 08:00 · CISA, VMware warn of new vulnerabilities being exploited by hackers - The Record from Recorded Future News
Rapid7
Press · 04 Mar 2025, 08:00 · Multiple Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Broadcom VMware ESXi and Other Products - Rapid7
CyberSecurityNews
Press · 04 Mar 2025, 08:00 · VMware ESXi Vulnerabilities Exploited in Wild to Execute Malicious Code - CyberSecurityNews
SecurityWeek
Press · 04 Mar 2025, 08:00 · Broadcom Patches 3 VMware Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild - SecurityWeek
Arctic Wolf
Press · 04 Mar 2025, 08:00 · Three VMware Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild Patched by Broadcom - Arctic Wolf

Score evolution

● Hype   ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.1 (2026-11-02 15:13). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

0

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence
Exploitation recorded
Priority basis
Recorded exploitation; CVSS 7.1; EPSS 1.6%
Attention, last 30 days
0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential
local access, no prior privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity
Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale
Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis
Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:59:29.589072+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
04 Mar 2025, 00:00
First press mention
04 Mar 2025, 08:00
Published
04 Mar 2025, 11:56
Latest press mention
05 Feb 2026, 08:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 13:59