CVE-2026-59347

CVE Enrichment

CVSS: 8.1 HIGH
EPSS: 0.21%
EPSS Percentile: 10.29%
CISA KEV: Not listed

Description

VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability in HGFS. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. Affected versions: - VMware Workstation: 25H2, 26H1 (fixed in 26H1u1) - VMware Fusion: 25H2, 26H1 (fixed in 26H1u1)

Technical Details

CVSS Version: 3.1
CNA / NVD Source: [email protected]
Published: 07-Oct-2026 13:16
Last Modified: 07-Oct-2026 22:58
EPSS Date: 2026-10-21
CWE: CWE-121

CVSS Vector


            CVSS:3.1                            AV:L /
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                            PR:N /
                            UI:N /
                            S:C /
                            C:H /
                            I:H /
                            A:H

References

[email protected]

Last enrichment sync: 22-Oct-2026 17:16
Sources: NVD · FIRST EPSS · CISA KEV
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Reported Context (1)

It also fixed CVE-2026-59347 in HGFS, while warning that VMware products remain a frequent target after recent exploitation of VMware vCenter flaws CVE-2026-59309 and CVE-2026-59310. Broadcom Patches Critical VMware Workstation and Fusion Flaws Enabling Host Code Execution

CVE (3)

People (5)

MITRE ATT&CK (1)

Vendors (1)

Products (3)

Countries (5)

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