CVE-2025-22230

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

VMware Tools for Windows contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper access control. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may gain ability to perform certain high privilege operations within that VM.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-288

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Mar 25, 2025
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Deferred

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