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VMware ESXi 7.0 / 8.0 Information Disclosure (CVE-2025-22226)

high Nessus Plugin ID 226454

Synopsis

The remote VMware ESXi host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The version of VMware ESXi installed on the remote host is 7.0 prior to 7.0 Update 3s, 8.0 Update 2 prior to 8.0 Update 2d, or 8.0 Update 3 prior to 8.0 Update 3d. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability:

 - 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. (CVE-2025-22226)


Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3s, 8.0 Update 2d, or 8.0 Update 3d or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?15790ced

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 226454

File Name: vmware_esxi_vmsa-2025-0004_CVE-2025-22226.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 3/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-22226

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esxi

Required KB Items: Host/VMware/release, Host/VMware/vsphere

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-22226

VMSA: 2025-0004