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VMware Security Alert: Hypervisor Vulnerabilities CVE-2025-22224, 22225, 22226 Explained

Introduction On March 4, 2025, Broadcom issued VMSA-2025-0004, disclosing actively exploited vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. CVE-2025-22224, CVE-2025-22225, and CVE-2025-22226 allow attackers to escape virtual machines, execute arbitrary code on the host, and exfiltrate sensitive data. These threats pose a critical risk to cloud and enterprise environments where VMware hypervisors are foundational. Organizations must act immediately to patch affected

Demetrios Mustakas Jr.

Mar 4, 2025

Diving Into VMSA-2025-0001: What This SSRF Vulnerability Means for VMware Environments

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/diving-vmsa-2025-0001-what-ssrf-vulnerability-means-mustakas-jr--rhwoe?trackingId=2kBfvhUiSoiALTe2vhggLQ%3D%3D&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_recent_activity_content_view%3BeQ4rwZXmQSa2FvDnmArLTw%3D%3D Recently, VMware issued VMSA-2025-0001, addressing a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability, CVE-2025-22215, in VMware Aria Automation and Cloud Foundation. For anyone managing virtualized or hybrid environments, th

Demetrios Mustakas Jr.

Jan 8, 2025