CVE-2025-22224
VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability
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.
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.3
⚠ CISA KEV
EPSS 0.47395
Act now
- Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
- SSVC exploitation status: active
- EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
- EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
- CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules10
YARA rules0