CVE-2025-22225
Act now ● On CISA KEV — actively exploited used in ransomware
Actively exploited — on the CISA KEV list.
CVSS base
8.2
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
1.0%
61.2th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed
Added 2025-03-04 · patch by 2025-03-25
Weakness / dates
CWE-123
Published 2025-03-04 · modified 2026-08-04
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.