CVE-2026-22716 (GCVE-0-2026-22716)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-02-27 19:01
Modified
2026-02-27 19:19
Severity ?
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
VMware Workstation Version: 25H2   < 25H2U1
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