Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2026 · Assigned by AMD
CVE-2025-62624
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity heap buffer overflow in ESXi 8.x and ESXi 9.x hosts using AMD-Pensando DPU products from AMD. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A heap-based buffer overflow in the ionic cloud driver for VMware ESXi could allow an attacker to achieve privilege escalation, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| AMD | ESXi 8.x and ESXi 9.x hosts using AMD-Pensando DPU products | see references |
Weakness: CWE-122 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H