CVE-2026-41709
ESX insufficient logging vulnerability
At a glance
- Severity
- LOW 2.7
- Exploitation
- Known exploited (CISA KEV) · added 2026-10-28
Exploited per ENISA since 2026-10-28 - EPSS
- EPSS 0.30 % · percentile 22 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- vmware
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
VMware ESX contains an insufficient logging vulnerability. A malicious administrator could exploit this issue to perform certain operations without them being logged.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 2.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | vmware |
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 2.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | NVD · security@vmware.com (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-51107
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-41709
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 < 5.2.4 |
| 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 < ESXi80U3j-25429389 |
| VMware · Telco Cloud Platform | affected 5.1.x ; affected 5.0.x |
References
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/38017
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-41709
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities | CC0 1.0 |
| 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 |