Hypervisor Escape

Definitions

1. A vulnerability or exploit that allows code running inside a virtual machine to break out of guest isolation and interact with the host hypervisor or other guests. Hypervisor escapes are especially severe in multi-tenant environments because they threaten the core trust boundary of virtualization.

   In plain English: A serious flaw that lets code inside a virtual machine break into the host system.

   Example: "The cloud provider treated the bug as critical because a reliable hypervisor escape could cross tenant boundaries."

Related Terms

• Air Gap
• Blind Command Injection
• Container Escape
• Crash Exploitation
• Custom Shellcode
• Heap Exploitation
• Hypervisor Security
• Micro-Virtualization