Vulnerabilities VMware Patches Authentication Bypass Flaw in Windows Tools Suite The authentication bypass vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2025-22230, carries a CVSS severity score of 7.8/10. SecurityWeek NewsMarch 25, 2025
Vulnerabilities Exploited VMware ESXi Flaws Put Many at Risk of Ransomware, Other Attacks Scans show that tens of thousands of VMware ESXi instances are affected by CVE-2025-22224 and other vulnerabilities disclosed recently as zero-days. Eduard KovacsMarch 6, 2025
Vulnerabilities Broadcom Patches 3 VMware Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild Broadcom patched VMware zero-days CVE-2025-22224, CVE-2025-22225 and CVE-2025-22226 after Microsoft warned it of exploitation. Eduard KovacsMarch 4, 2025
Malware & Threats VMware Patches High-Risk Flaws in Oft-Targeted Aria Operations Products VMware calls attention to patches for multiple 'high-risk' security defects in its Aria Operations and Aria Operations for Logs products. Ryan NaraineJanuary 30, 2025
Malware & Threats VMware Warns of High-Risk Blind SQL Injection Bug in Avi Load Balancer VMware warns that a malicious user with network access may be able to use specially crafted SQL queries to gain database access. Ryan NaraineJanuary 28, 2025
Malware & Threats VMware Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Aria Operations The company warns that malicious hackers can craft exploits to elevate privileges or launch cross-site scripting attacks. Ryan NaraineNovember 26, 2024
Malware & Threats VMware Discloses Exploitation of Hard-to-Fix vCenter Server Flaw The saga of VMWare’s critical CVE-2024-38812 vCenter Server bug has reached the “exploitation detected” stage. Ryan NaraineNovember 18, 2024
Vulnerabilities VMware Struggles to Fix Flaw Exploited at Chinese Hacking Contest For the second time in as many months, VMware patches a remote code execution vulnerability first exploited at a Chinese hacking contest in June. Ryan NaraineOctober 21, 2024
Vulnerabilities VMware Patches High-Severity SQL Injection Flaw in HCX Platform VMware patches CVE-2024-38814 and warns that attackers with non-administrator privileges can execute remote code on the HCX manager. Ryan NaraineOctober 16, 2024
Vulnerabilities VMware Patches Remote Code Execution Flaw Found in Chinese Hacking Contest VMware warned that an attacker with network access could send a specially crafted packet to execute remote code. CVSS severity score 9.8/10. Ryan NaraineSeptember 17, 2024
Vulnerabilities VMware Patches High-Severity Code Execution Flaw in Fusion VMware rolls out patch for a high-severity code execution vulnerability in the Fusion hypervisor. Ionut ArghireSeptember 3, 2024
Vulnerabilities Exploited Vulnerability Could Impact 20k Internet-Exposed VMware ESXi Instances Shadowserver has observed over 20,000 internet-accessible VMware ESXi instances impacted by an exploited vulnerability. Ionut ArghireAugust 1, 2024
Ransomware Microsoft Says Ransomware Gangs Exploiting Just-Patched VMware ESXi Flaw VMware did not mention in-the-wild exploitation for CVE-2024-37085 but Microsoft says ransomware gangs are abusing the just-patched flaw. Ryan NaraineJuly 29, 2024
Data Protection VMware Patches Critical SQL-Injection Flaw in Aria Automation VMware warns that authenticated malicious users could enter specially crafted SQL queries and perform unauthorized read/write operations in the database. Ryan NaraineJuly 10, 2024
Vulnerabilities Critical Code Execution Vulnerabilities Patched in VMware vCenter Server Serious vulnerabilities that can allow remote code execution and privilege escalation have been patched in VMware vCenter Server. Eduard KovacsJune 18, 2024
Incident Response VMware Abused in Recent MITRE Hack for Persistence, Evasion MITRE has shared information on how China-linked hackers abused VMware for persistence and detection evasion in the recent hack. Eduard KovacsMay 23, 2024
Vulnerabilities VMware Patches Vulnerabilities Exploited at Pwn2Own 2024 VMware has patched three vulnerabilities exploited earlier this year at the Pwn2Own hacking competition. Eduard KovacsMay 14, 2024
Malware & Threats VMware Patches Critical ESXi Sandbox Escape Flaws The most serious flaws allow hackers with local admin rights to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. Ryan NaraineMarch 5, 2024
Nation-State Chinese Spies Exploited VMware vCenter Server Vulnerability Since 2021 CVE-2023-34048, a vCenter Server vulnerability patched in October 2023, had been exploited as zero-day for a year and a half. Ionut ArghireJanuary 22, 2024
Vulnerabilities VMware vCenter Server Vulnerability Exploited in Wild VMware warns customers that CVE-2023-34048, a vCenter Server vulnerability patched in October 2023, is being exploited in the wild. Eduard KovacsJanuary 19, 2024