VMware Workstation up to 25H2U1 null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in VMware Workstation. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-22722. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in VMware Workstation. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

A malicious actor with authenticated user privileges on a Windows based Workstation host may be able to cause a null pointer dereference error. To Remediate CVE-2026-22722, apply the patches listed in the "Fixed version" column of the 'Response Matrix'

The advisory is available at support.broadcom.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-22722 since 01/09/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 25H2u1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Virtualization Software

Vendor

• VMware

Name

• Workstation

Version

• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.4_build_56528
• 1.0.7
• 1.1
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 2
• 2.0
• 2.0.0
• 2.0.2
• 3.2.1
• 3.4
• 4.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.1 Build 5289
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.5
• 4.1
• 4.1.1
• 4.5.2
• 4.5.2 Build 8848
• 5.0
• 5.0.0 Build 13124
• 5.0.3
• 5.1
• 5.5
• 5.5.1
• 5.5.3
• 5.5.3 Build 34685
• 5.5.4
• 5.5.5 Build 56455
• 6
• 6.0
• 6.0.1 Build 55017
• 6.5.0
• 6.5.1
• 6.5.2
• 6.5.3
• 7.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.1
• 7.1.1
• 8.0.1
• 8.0.4
• 8.0.5
• 8.0.5
• 9.0
• 9.0.1
• 9.0.2
• 9.0.3
• 10.0.0.40273
• 10.0.1 Build 1379776
• 12.5.0
• 12.5.3
• 12.5.6
• 12.5.8
• 14.1.6
• 15.0.2
• 15.0.3
• 15.1.0
• 16.2.4
• 17.0.0
• 17.0.1
• 25H2U1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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