CVE-2026-41703
Out-of-bounds read vulnerability
At a glance
- Severity
- HIGH 7.6
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.43 % · percentile 37 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- vmware
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
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.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L | vmware |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L | NVD · security@vmware.com (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-51106
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-41703
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0949 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| VMware · Cloud Foundation | affected 9.1.x.x ; affected 9.0.x.x ; affected 5.x < 5.2.3 |
| VMware · vSphere Foundation | affected 9.1.x.x ; affected 9.0.x.x |
| VMware · ESX | affected 9.1.x.x < ESXi-9.1.0.0-25370933 ; affected 9.0.x.x < ESXi-9.0.2.0100-25595025 ; affected 8.0 < ESXi80U3i-25205845 |
| VMware · Workstation | affected 25H2 < 26H1 |
| VMware · Fusion | affected 25H2 < 26H1 |
| VMware · Telco Cloud Platform | affected 5.1.x ; affected 5.0.x |
References
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |