Critical severity9.3NVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2025-41236
CVE-2025-41236
Description
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an integer-overflow vulnerability in the VMXNET3 virtual network adapter. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine with VMXNET3 virtual network adapter may exploit this issue to execute code on the host. Non VMXNET3 virtual adapters are not affected by this issue.
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1- ZDI-26-189: (Pwn2Own) VMware ESXi VMXNET3 Integer Overflow Local Privilege Escalation VulnerabilityZero Day Initiative · Mar 16, 2026