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High 7.6Published Jul 30, 2026

CVE-2026-41703Out-of-bounds read vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects VMware Cloud Foundation and 5 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

VMware ESX, Workstation, and Fusion contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A malicious actor with VM deployment privileges could trigger an out-of-bounds read, potentially leading to information disclosure or more likely a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition of the host process. On Workstation and Fusion, the impact of this vulnerability is restricted to information disclosure.

CVSS
7.6 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-125
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
vmware
NVD analysis
Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated
Jul 30, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
VMware Cloud Foundation
vmware:cloud_foundation (from the name)
9.1.x.x; 9.0.x.x; from 5.x before 5.2.3
CNA record
VMware vSphere Foundation
vmware:vsphere_foundation (from the name)
9.1.x.x; 9.0.x.x
CNA record
VMware ESX
vmware:esx (from the name)
from 9.1.x.x before ESXi-9.1.0.0-25370933; from 9.0.x.x before ESXi-9.0.2.0100-25595025; from 8.0 before ESXi80U3i-25205845
CNA record
VMware Workstation
vmware:workstation (from the name)
from 25H2 before 26H1
CNA record
VMware Fusion
vmware:fusion (from the name)
from 25H2 before 26H1
CNA record
VMware Telco Cloud Platform
vmware:telco_cloud_platform (from the name)
5.1.x; 5.0.x
CNA record

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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