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Medium 5.0Published Feb 27, 2026

CVE-2026-22716VMware Workstation out-of-bounds write vulnerability

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It affects VMware Workstation. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

Out-of-bound write vulnerability in VMware Workstation 25H1 and below on any platform allows an actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM to terminate certain Workstation processes.

CVSS
5.0 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-787
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
vmware
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
Feb 27, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
VMware Workstation
vmware:workstation (from the name)
from 25H2 before 25H2U1
CNA record

References

References

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