VMware vulnerabilities37 known to be exploited.

Vendor37 known exploited
The short answer

VMware has 915 published vulnerabilities across 233 products in our catalogue. 37 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, so criminals are using them now. The most affected product is Workstation, with 215. If you run VMware software, patch the exploited flaws first.

See the exploited flaws

The most recent VMware flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2021-22054, on 9 March 2026. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Products

Which VMware products have the most vulnerabilities?

Workstation leads with 215 published vulnerabilities. Open a product to see its versions and which of its flaws criminals are already using.

Known exploited

Which VMware vulnerabilities are being exploited?

37 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 7.5
    CVE-2021-22054HighKnown exploited
    Omnissa Workspace ONE Server-Side Request Forgery

    Omnissa Workspace One UEM formerly known as VMware Workspace One UEM contains a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that could allow a malicious actor with network access to UEM to send their requests...

    Chance of use98%Known exploited since9 Mar 2026
  2. 9.8
    CVE-2024-37079CriticalKnown exploited
    Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability

    Broadcom VMware vCenter Server contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol.

    Chance of use22%Known exploited since23 Jan 2026
  3. 7.8
    CVE-2025-41244HighKnown exploited
    Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability

    Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a privilege defined with unsafe actions vulnerability.

    Chance of use7.9%Known exploited since30 Oct 2025
  4. 9.3
    CVE-2025-22224CriticalKnown exploited
    VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability

    VMware ESXi and Workstation contain a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write.

    Chance of use1.5%Known exploited since4 Mar 2025
  5. 8.2
    CVE-2025-22225HighKnown exploited
    VMware ESXi Arbitrary Write Vulnerability

    VMware ESXi contains an arbitrary write vulnerability.

    Chance of use1.0%Known exploited since4 Mar 2025
  6. 7.1
    CVE-2025-22226HighKnown exploited
    VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS.

    Chance of use1.7%Known exploited since4 Mar 2025
  7. 9.8
    CVE-2024-38812CriticalKnown exploited
    VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

    VMware vCenter Server contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol.

    Chance of use54%Known exploited since20 Nov 2024
  8. 7.5
    CVE-2024-38813HighKnown exploited
    VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    VMware vCenter contains an improper check for dropped privileges vulnerability.

    Chance of use17%Known exploited since20 Nov 2024
Exploit likelihood

Which VMware flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. >99%
    CVE-2021-21985CriticalKnown exploited

    The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to lack of input validation in the Virtual SAN Health Check plug-in which is enabled by default in vCenter Server.

    CVSS9.8Published26 May 2021
  2. >99%
    CVE-2021-22005CriticalKnown exploited

    The vCenter Server contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Analytics service.

    CVSS9.8Published23 Sep 2021
  3. >99%
    CVE-2014-6271CriticalKnown exploited

    GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by...

    CVSS9.8Published24 Sep 2014
  4. >99%
    CVE-2022-22954CriticalKnown exploited

    VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager contain a remote code execution vulnerability due to server-side template injection.

    CVSS9.8Published11 Apr 2022
  5. >99%
    CVE-2014-7169CriticalKnown exploited

    GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to write to files or possibly have unknown...

    CVSS9.8Published25 Sep 2014
  6. >99%
    CVE-2022-22963CriticalKnown exploited

    In Spring Cloud Function versions 3.1.6, 3.2.2 and older unsupported versions, when using routing functionality it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL as a routing-expression that may result in...

    CVSS9.8Published1 Apr 2022
  7. >99%
    CVE-2022-22965CriticalKnown exploited

    A Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux application running on JDK 9+ may be vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) via data binding.

    CVSS9.8Published1 Apr 2022
  8. >99%
    CVE-2021-21972CriticalKnown exploited

    The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability in a vCenter Server plugin.

    CVSS9.8Published24 Feb 2021
  9. >99%
    CVE-2023-34048CriticalKnown exploited

    vCenter Server contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol.

    CVSS9.8Published25 Oct 2023
  10. >99%

    VMware View Planner 4.x prior to 4.6 Security Patch 1 contains a remote code execution vulnerability.

    CVSS9.8Published3 Mar 2021
Every product

All VMware products we track.

218 products, most vulnerabilities first. Find the ones you run, then open a product to see its versions and exploited flaws.

This directory lists the 218 VMware products with at least one tracked version, of 233 in our catalogue.

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Our catalogue lists 915 published vulnerabilities across 233 products and 5,164 versions from VMware. The most recent VMware flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2021-22054, on 9 March 2026.

37 VMware vulnerabilities are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2021-22054, CVE-2024-37079 and CVE-2025-41244. The full list is on this page.

Workstation, with 215 published vulnerabilities. Its own page lists the ones known to be exploited.

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