Escaping the VM: From Guest Code to Host Compromise in VMware Workstation

Original text by r0keb

The article presents a technical walkthrough of developing a VMware guest-to-host escape exploit, demonstrating how vulnerabilities in virtualization software can break the isolation between a virtual machine and its host system. The research focuses on flaws affecting VMware Workstation, where bugs in virtual device handling and host-side processing logic allow a…

https://core-jmp.org/2026/04/escaping-the-vm-from-guest-code-to-host-compromise-in-vmware-workstation/