VMware ESXi is listed as a confirmed affected platform in the Storm-1175 Medusa ransomware campaign. No discrete CVE identifier for ESXi was specified in the published source data for this period. ESXi hypervisors are a critical ransomware target due to their role in hosting multiple virtual machines, enabling mass encryption of workloads from a single compromise. Ensure all ESXi instances are patched to current Broadcom-recommended levels, restrict management interface access to authorized management networks, and verify that ESXi hosts are not directly internet-accessible.