Untrusted Pointer Dereference in VMware ESXi Cloud Driver
CVE-2025-62627

7.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Amd
Status
Esxi 8.x And Esxi 9.x Hosts Using Amd-pensando Dpu Products
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 May 2026

What is CVE-2025-62627?

An untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability in the cloud driver for VMware ESXi allows an attacker with an unprivileged virtual machine (VM) to exploit this weakness. By doing so, the attacker may gain access to sensitive kernel memory or memory from co-located guest VMs. This exploitation could lead to significant risks, including breaches of confidentiality and potential disruptions in availability, affecting the overall security posture in virtualized environments.

Affected Version(s)

ESXi 8.x and ESXi 9.x hosts using AMD-Pensando DPU products ESXi 8.0U3i, included in VCF 5.2.3.0 or 9.0.2 releases

References

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulleti...

CVSS V4

Score:
7.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Reported through AMD Bug Bounty Program
.