Out-of-bound write vulnerability in VMware Workstation 25H1 and below on any platform allows an actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM to terminate certain Workstation processes.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
VMware Workstation unaffected
Version Status Constraints
25H2 affected < 25H2U1

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References
Link Providers
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36986 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-125

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Description Out-of-bound read vulnerability in VMware Workstation 25H1 and below on any platform allows an actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM to obtain limited information disclosure from the machine where VMware Workstation is installed. Out-of-bound write vulnerability in VMware Workstation 25H1 and below on any platform allows an actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM to terminate certain Workstation processes.
Title VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion out-of-bound read vulnerability VMware Workstation out-of-bounds write vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-787
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Out-of-bound read vulnerability in VMware Workstation 25H1 and below on any platform allows an actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM to obtain limited information disclosure from the machine where VMware Workstation is installed.
Title VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion out-of-bound read vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-125
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-27T19:19:19.576Z

Reserved: 2026-01-09T06:54:36.840Z

Link: CVE-2026-22716

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-27T19:13:53.197Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-27T19:16:07.200

Modified: 2026-02-27T20:21:36.540

Link: CVE-2026-22716

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