CVE-2026-22722 (GCVE-0-2026-22722)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-26 18:35 – Updated: 2026-02-26 18:37
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Title
VMware Workstation for Windows null pointer dereference may allow an authenticated user to trigger a crash
Summary
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'
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
VMware Workstation Affected: 17.0 , < 25H2u1 (custom)
Unaffected: 25H2u1 (custom)
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Credits
Broadcom would like to thank dread (d7ead) for reporting this issue to us.
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