Critical 9.8Published Jul 30, 2026

CVE-2026-59309vCenter authentication-bypass vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 5:50 AM ET)

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VMware vCenter contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the VMware Directory Service. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter may exploit this issue to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to the system.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-303
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: Analyzed
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; 5.x	CNA record
VMware vSphere Foundation vmware:vsphere_foundation (from the name)	9.1.x.x; 9.0.x.x	CNA record
VMware vCenter vmware:vcenter (from the name)	from 9.1.x.x before 9.1.0.0300; from 9.0.x.x before 9.0.2.0100; from 8.0 before 8.0 U3k	CNA record
VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure (from the name)	3.0	CNA record
VMware Telco Cloud Platform vmware:telco_cloud_platform (from the name)	5.1.x; 5.0.x; 4.x; 3.0	CNA record
vmware vcenter_server vmware:vcenter_server	before 8.0; 8.0; 8.0; 8.0; 8.0; 8.0; 8.0; 8.0; and 21 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/38017	vendor-advisory

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