Critical Zero-day Vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion


Broadcom has addressed three exploited vulnerabilities that, when chained, can allow an attacker to access the hypervisor through a running virtual machine.

VMware’s official advisory does not include all affected product versions. VMware’s official advisory VMSA-2025-0004 includes a Response Matrix detailing the fixed releases for each product. VMware have also released an FAQ detailing the following:

  • You are affected if you are running any version of VMware ESX, VMware vSphere, VMware Cloud Foundation, or VMware Telco Cloud Platform prior to the versions listed as “fixed” in the VMSA.

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Source: NHS Digital


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