CVE security advisories and vulnerability history for VMware ESXi by vmware.
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VMware ESXi has 19 published CVE records since 2009, of which 2 are in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and 5 have a known public exploit. The average CVSS base score across scored CVEs is 8.6.
This page aggregates every publicly disclosed vulnerability (CVE) affecting VMware ESXi, with a severity breakdown, the affected and patched versions, the most common weakness types, and the full CVE list.
How the CVSS severity of VMware ESXi's CVEs breaks down, plus how many are exploited in the wild or have public exploit code.
16 additional CVEs have no CVSS severity score.
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
2
2 of VMware ESXi's CVEs are confirmed exploited in the wild.
Public exploits
5
5 of VMware ESXi's CVEs have a known public exploit available.
Browse every VMware ESXi version named in a CVE, then pick one to see only the CVEs that affect it.
19 CVEs
Added to CISA KEV 2025-03-04
Added to CISA KEV 2021-11-03
The CWE weakness categories most often found in VMware ESXi CVEs. Follow any weakness for its full explanation.
How many VMware ESXi CVEs were published each year.
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Common questions about VMware ESXi vulnerabilities.
vmware VMware ESXi has 19 published CVE records since 2009.
Yes — 2 of vmware VMware ESXi's CVEs are listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirmed exploited in the wild and carrying a CISA remediation deadline.
Yes — 5 of vmware VMware ESXi's CVEs have a known public exploit.
7 distinct vmware VMware ESXi versions are named across its CVEs. Use the version filter above to see the CVEs affecting a specific version.
vmware VMware ESXi's CVEs most often map to these CWE weakness types: CWE-123 (Write-what-where Condition), CWE-416 (Use After Free), CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling).
vmware VMware ESXi has 2 critical and 1 high-severity CVEs.
The average CVSS base score across vmware VMware ESXi's scored CVEs is 8.6.
Vulnerability data is sourced from the CVE Program; severity, KEV, and exploit signals are aggregated by RadicalNotion.AI.
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