March 4, 2025 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2025-22224 — VMware ESXi and Workstation
VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2025-03-04- Federal due date
2025-03-25- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- ESXi and Workstation
- EPSS
- 97.8th percentile (score 0.474, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
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- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22224
CISA short 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.