# VMware ESXi contains an arbitrary write vulnerability.

CVE record · `CVE-2025-22225`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2025-22225`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.2 High
- **Critical:** Yes: KEV
- **CNA:** vmware
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-123](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/123.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-123](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-123.md)
- **Technologies:** [VMware ESXi](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/vmware-esxi.md) · [VMware Cloud Foundation](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/vmware-cloud-foundation.md) · [VMware Telco Cloud Platform](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/vmware-telco-cloud-platform.md) · [VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/vmware-telco-cloud-infrastructure.md)
- **Published:** 4 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: vmware) at 4 Mar 2025, 11:56 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 4 Mar 2025: it is known to be exploited.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Not given. Product: VMware ESXi.
  - affected: `8.0 to before ESXi80U3d-24585383` (custom)
  - affected: `8.0 to before ESXi80U2d-24585300` (custom)
  - affected: `7.0 to before ESXi70U3s-24585291` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Not given. Product: VMware Cloud Foundation.
  - affected: `5.x, 4.5.x`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Not given. Product: VMware Telco Cloud Platform.
  - affected: `5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Not given. Product: VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure.
  - affected: `3.x, 2.x`
  - Other versions: unaffected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.2 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (vmware)

- **CISA KEV:** Listed since 4 Mar 2025: known to be exploited. CISA reports use in ransomware campaigns.
- **EPSS:** 0.010, the 63rd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 4 Mar 2025. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2025-22225](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22225)
- [NVD: CVE-2025-22225](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22225)

### References from the CNA

- <https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2025-22225>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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