CVE-2025-22225
VMware ESXi Arbitrary Write Vulnerability
IN CISA KEV
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.
- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- ESXi
- CVSS
- No score recorded (no NVD record loaded for this entry)
- CWE
- CWE-123
- Published
- Not recorded
- NVD modified
- Not recorded
CISA KEV
- Date added
- 2025-03-04
- Due date
- 2025-03-25
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
EPSS
1.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 62nd)
FIRST EPSS, updated 17 Oct 2026. About EPSS
CVSS is severity, EPSS is likelihood, KEV means already exploited. EPSS is a statistical probability, not a certainty: a low score does not make a bug safe, and a high one does not prove it is being exploited.
Data last updated 18 Oct 2026. Sources: NVD API 2.0, CISA KEV catalog, FIRST EPSS. Links: NVD, CISA KEV. Metadata only. ThreatWire does not host exploit code.