CVE-2026-22722

VMware Workstation for Windows null pointer dereference may allow an authenticated user to trigger a crash

At a glance

Severity: MEDIUM 6.1
EPSS: EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2026-02-26
Updated: 2026-02-27
Assigner: vmware
NVD status: Deferred

Description

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'

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H	vmware
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H	NVD · security@vmware.com (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-8877
GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-22722

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected products

Product	Versions
VMware · Workstation	affected 17.0 < 25H2u1 ; unaffected 25H2u1

References

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36986

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD