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VMware Workstation 17.x, 25H2 < 25H2u1 NULL Pointer Dereference (VMSA-2026-0002)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 305166

Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 17.x, 25H2.x prior to 25H2u1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability:

 - A malicious actor with authenticated user privileges on a Windows based Workstation host may be able to cause a null pointer dereference error. (CVE-2026-22722)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to VMware Workstation version 25H2u1, or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?788c670d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 305166

File Name: vmware_workstation_CVE-2026-22722.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: General

Published: 4/7/2026

Updated: 4/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22722

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:workstation

Required KB Items: Host/VMware Workstation/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22722

VMSA: 2026-0002