---
id: CVE-2025-22225
title: "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."
summary: "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."
severity: high
cvss: 8.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-787
  - CWE-123
vendor: vmware
product: cloud_foundation
affected:
  - esxi = 7.0
  - esxi = 8.0
  - cloud_foundation
  - telco_cloud_infrastructure = 2.2
  - telco_cloud_infrastructure = 2.5
  - telco_cloud_infrastructure = 2.7
  - telco_cloud_infrastructure = 3.0
  - telco_cloud_platform = 2.0
  - telco_cloud_platform = 2.5
  - telco_cloud_platform = 2.7
  - telco_cloud_platform = 3.0
  - telco_cloud_platform = 4.0
  - telco_cloud_platform = 4.0.1
  - telco_cloud_platform = 5.0
published: '2025-03-04'
updated: '2026-08-04'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22225'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390
    label: security@vmware.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-22225
    label: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
tags:
  - nvd
  - kev
  - in-the-wild
epss: 0.00997
epssPercentile: 0.60704
kev: true
kevDateAdded: '2025-03-04'
kevDueDate: '2025-03-25'
kevRansomware: true
exploited: true
zeroDay: true
ingestedAt: '2026-08-04T05:36:12.914Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `esxi = 7.0`
- `esxi = 8.0`
- `cloud_foundation`
- `telco_cloud_infrastructure = 2.2`
- `telco_cloud_infrastructure = 2.5`
- `telco_cloud_infrastructure = 2.7`
- `telco_cloud_infrastructure = 3.0`
- `telco_cloud_platform = 2.0`
- `telco_cloud_platform = 2.5`
- `telco_cloud_platform = 2.7`
- `telco_cloud_platform = 3.0`
- `telco_cloud_platform = 4.0`
- `telco_cloud_platform = 4.0.1`
- `telco_cloud_platform = 5.0`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.