VMware Fusion 13.6.3 Release Notes

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Introduction

VMware Fusion 13.6.3 | 4 MAR 2025 | Build 24585314

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About VMware Fusion

VMware Fusion® is the easiest, fastest, and most reliable way to run Windows and other x86/ARM based operating systems on a Mac without rebooting. You can download VMware Fusion 13.6.3 from here.

For more information, see the broader

VMware Fusion documentation

System Requirements

Hardware

Intel or Apple Silicon Mac models.

Mac models that support macOS 13 Ventura or later.

Software

macOS 13 Ventura

macOS 14 Sonoma

macOS 15 Sequoia

What's New

The 13.6.3 release resolves CVE-2025-22226. For more information on this vulnerability and its impact on Broadcom products, see VMSA-2025-0004.

VMware Fusion no longer requires a license key and is now free for commercial, educational, and personal use.

Prior Releases

Features and Known Issues from prior releases of VMware Fusion 13 are described in the release notes for each release. To view the release notes for a prior release, click the appropriate link:

VMware Fusion 13.6.2 Release Notes

VMware Fusion 13.6.1 Release Notes

VMware Fusion 13.6 Release Notes

Known Issues

The Default Applications feature is not available in VMware Fusion because of the removal of Unity mode

Unity mode has been removed in VMware Fusion 13.6. The Default Applications feature is closely integrated with Unity mode and therefore also is no longer available.

Workaround:
None.

Unable to install VMware Tools on macOS 15 Sequoia host operating system

The

Install VMware Tools

button is grayed out on a device that uses macOS 15 Sequoia operating system.

Workaround:
Download VMware Tools from https://packages-prod.broadcom.com/tools/frozen/darwin/darwin.iso and execute the installation steps in https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=1014294.

vctl pull command is failing on Sonoma 14.5 and later

If you attempt to pull an image by using the vctl pull command, it fails with a "hdiutil: mount failed - Permission denied" error on macOS Sonoma 14.5 and later Host Operating Systems.

Workaround:
None

The multi-monitor feature might not work correctly in specific topologies

In specific situations, based on different hardware and topologies, the multi-monitor feature does not work as expected. You might see issues like reverting the topology to a single screen, or not cycling through monitors.