Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2026 · Assigned by AMD
CVE-2025-62627
High 7.2
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw 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)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)<0.1%top 99.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
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-822 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:H/SI:L/SA:H