CVE-2025-62627 (GCVE-0-2025-62627)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-13 02:59 – Updated: 2026-05-14 14:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An untrusted pointer dereference in the ionic cloud driver for VMWare ESXi could allow an attacker with an unprivileged VM to read kernel memory or co-located guest VM memory, potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality or availability.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-13 14:37 UTC
CWE
- CWE-822 - Untrusted Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD | ESXi 8.x and ESXi 9.x hosts using AMD-Pensando DPU products |
Unaffected:
ESXi 8.0U3i, included in VCF 5.2.3.0 or 9.0.2 releases
|
guessed |
Date Public
2026-05-14 14:38
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