# CVE-2025-22225: A VMware ESXi bug is being used in attacks

Status: Being used now (CISA KEV, added 2025-03-04)
Who: 
Do this: 

## Agent prompt (read-only)
Read-only check, change nothing, send nothing anywhere.
Is VMware ESXi (CVE-2025-22225) installed or running on this machine or in this project?
1. Find every copy and its version (apps, packages, containers, lockfiles).
2. Compare each version against the vendor's fixed version for CVE-2025-22225. Quote the vendor page you used.
3. Report a table: where, version, fixed version, status (exposed / fixed / not installed / unsure).
4. List the exact update steps, but do not run them.

## Official description
VMware ESXi contains an arbitrary write vulnerability. Successful exploitation allows an attacker with privileges within the VMX process to trigger an arbitrary kernel write leading to an escape of the sandbox.

## Sources
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22225
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22225

Generated by isitexploited.org from public sources. Verify version numbers against the vendor before acting.