Is VMware safe right now?
1 flaw was added to CISA's list of actively exploited vulnerabilities in the last 30 days. If you run VMware, update now.
Exploited in the last 90 days
- VMware ESXBroadcom VMWare ESX Insufficient Logging Vulnerability
What to do: Install the vendor's security update. If there isn't one yet, apply the vendor's workaround, or stop using the product until it's fixed. CISA lists this as actively exploited, so treat it as urgent.
- VMware vCenterRansomwareBroadcom VMware vCenter Path Traversal Vulnerability
What to do: Install the vendor's security update. If there isn't one yet, apply the vendor's workaround, or stop using the product until it's fixed. CISA lists this as actively exploited, so treat it as urgent.
Earlier exploited flaws
- Broadcom VMware Aria Operations Command Injection Vulnerability Zero-day
- Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability
- Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability
- VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability Zero-day
- VMware ESXi Arbitrary Write Vulnerability Zero-day
- VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability Zero-day
- VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
- VMware vCenter Server Incorrect Default File Permissions Vulnerability
- VMware vCenter Server Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
- VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
- Vmware Aria Operations for Networks Command Injection Vulnerability
- VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Function Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- VMware Spring Cloud Gateway Code Injection Vulnerability
By year
| Year | Exploited flaws added | Zero-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11 | 3 |
Questions
Is VMware safe right now?
1 flaw was added to CISA's list of actively exploited vulnerabilities in the last 30 days. If you run VMware, update now. Confirm with the vendor's own advisories and install updates as soon as they're available.
How many VMware vulnerabilities have been exploited?
34 flaws are on CISA's list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in real attacks, 11 of them used by ransomware.
Covers products matching vmware, esx, vcenter. Sources: CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and the vendors' own advisories. Updated every hour. General information only; confirm details with the vendor.