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Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware Workstation and Fusion

Indian – Computer Emergency Response Team (https://www.cert-in.org.in)

Severity Rating: MEDIUM

Software Affected

VMware Workstation versions prior to 25H2U1

VMware Fusion versions prior to 25H2U1

Overview

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in VMware Workstation and Fusion that could be exploited by an attacker to cause denial of service conditions, interrupt or intercept network connections between virtual machines, and obtain limited sensitive information on the target system.

Target Audience:

Enterprises and Large Organizations, Cloud Providers, and industries with IT environments utilizing VMware products.

Risk Assessment:

Potential for system instability, interruption or interception of network communication between virtual machines, and limited information disclosure.

Impact Assessment:

Potential for denial-of-service conditions, interruption or interception of network connections between virtual machines, and limited exposure of sensitive information.

Description

VMware provides virtualization software solutions that enable organizations to create and manage virtual machines (VMs).

These vulnerabilities exist in VMware Workstation and Fusion due to a logic flaw in the management of network packets , a NULL pointer dereference error in VMware Workstation for Windows , an out-of-bounds write vulnerability , and an out-of-bounds read vulnerability.

Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to cause denial of service conditions, interrupt or intercept network connections between virtual machines, and obtain limited sensitive information on the target system.

Solution

Apply appropriate updates as mentioned by the Vendor:

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36986

Vendor Information

VMware

www.vmware.com

References

 

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36986

CVE Name

CVE-2026-22715

CVE-2026-22716

CVE-2026-22717

CVE-2026-22722

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PGP Key information:

https://www.cert-in.org.in/s2cMainServlet?pageid=CONTACTUS

Postal address:

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Government of India

Electronics Niketan

6, C.G.O. Complex

New Delhi-110 003

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