System Requirements​

• A compatible 64-bit x86/AMD64 CPU launched in 2011 or later.

• Please refer to the vendor's recommended processor requirements for specific Host Operating Systems (HOS):

  • For Microsoft-specific HOS, refer to the Microsoft documentation

  • For Linux-specific HOS, refer to the Linux Vendor-specific documentation

What's New​

• This release resolves CVE-2024-22251. For more information on this vulnerability and its impact on VMware products, see VMSA-2024-0005.

Prior Releases

Features and Known Issues from prior releases of VMware Workstation 16 Pro are described in the release notes for each release. To view the release notes for a prior release, click the appropriate link:
 

• VMware Workstation 17.5 Pro
• VMware Workstation 17.0.2 Pro
• VMware Workstation 17.0.1 Pro

Resolved Issues  

• Keyboard hangs on Linux guest virtual machines

  Linux guest virtual machines might have their keyboard processing hang after specific combinations of keyboard/mouse events.

  This issue is resolved.

• Security Issues

Security Issues​

• curl has been updated to 8.4