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A compromised hypervisor grants attackers root access to every virtual machine (VM) hosted on the hardware, exposing your entire environment to data encryption. 2. Malicious Host Configuration
: As of late 2025, Broadcom reinstated a free entry-level version for ESXi 8.0 Update 3e . However, specialized reports indicate there is no official free license for ESXi 9.0 at this time.
