VMware Cloud Foundation vulnerabilities
We track 13 vulnerabilities in VMware Cloud Foundation products. 11 are rated high or critical, and 8 have been exploited in real attacks. The most recent was published on May 20, 2025.
Latest VMware Cloud Foundation vulnerabilities
- 7.3 High severity
VMware Cloud Foundation: Missing Authorization
VMware Cloud Foundation contains a missing authorisation vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to VMware Cloud Foundation appliance may be able to perform certain unauthorised actions and access limited sensitive information.
- 6.0 Medium severity
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Exploited
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. A malicious actor with administrative privileges to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from the vmx proce
- 8.2 High severity
VMware ESXi Arbitrary Write Exploited
VMware ESXi contains an arbitrary write vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process may trigger an arbitrary kernel write leading to an escape of the sandbox.
- 9.8 Critical severity
VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Exploited
The vCenter Server contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root by sending a specially crafted network packet.
- 9.8 Critical severity
VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited
The vCenter Server contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted network packet potentially leading to
- 7.2 High severity
VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Exploited
VMware ESXi contains an authentication bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with sufficient Active Directory (AD) permissions can gain full access to an ESXi host that was previously configured to use AD for user management https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/
- 7.8 High severity
VMware vCenter Server: ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Use of Identity Impersonation
The vCenter Server contains multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities due to misconfiguration of sudo. An authenticated local user with non-administrative privileges may exploit these issues to elevate privileges to root on vCenter Server Appliance.
- 9.8 Critical severity
VMware vCenter Server: Out-of-bounds Write
vCenter Server contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted network packet potentially leading to remo
- 9.8 Critical severity
Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Out-of-bounds Write Exploited
vCenter Server contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted network packet potentially leading to remo
- 7.1 High severity
VMware ESXi: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with administrative access to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from the vmx process.
- 8.2 High severity
VMware ESXi: Out-of-bounds Write
VMware ESXi contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process may trigger an out-of-bounds write leading to an escape of the sandbox.
- 5.3 Medium severity
VMware vCenter Server and Cloud Foundation Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Exploited
The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains an SSRF (Server Side Request Forgery) vulnerability due to improper validation of URLs in a vCenter Server plugin. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue by sending a POST request to vCenter
- 9.8 Critical severity
VMware vCenter Server Remote Code Execution Exploited
The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability in a vCenter Server plugin. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue to execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the underlying operating system t