CVE-2025-22225
HIGH KEV RANSOMWAREVMware ESXi - Arbitrary Kernel Write via VMX Process
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2025-22225 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added March 4, 2025, with confirmed use in ransomware campaigns.
Description
VMware ESXi contains an arbitrary write vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process may trigger an arbitrary kernel write leading to an escape of the sandbox.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390
US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-22225
Scores
CVSS v3
8.2
EPSS
0.0978
EPSS Percentile
93.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2025-03-04
VulnCheck KEV
2025-03-04
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2025-7604
Ransomware Use
Confirmed
CWE
CWE-123
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (9)
vmware/cloud_foundation
vmware/esxi
7.0 (29 CPE variants)
vmware/esxi
8.0 (14 CPE variants)
vmware/telco_cloud_infrastructure
2.2
vmware/telco_cloud_infrastructure
2.5
vmware/telco_cloud_infrastructure
2.7
vmware/telco_cloud_infrastructure
3.0
vmware/telco_cloud_platform
2.0
vmware/telco_cloud_platform
2.5
Published
Mar 04, 2025
KEV Added
Mar 04, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026