VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-41702

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-05-15
Last modified2026-10-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

VMware Fusion contains a TOCTOU (Time-of-check Time-of-use) vulnerability that occurs during an operation performed by a SETUID binary. A malicious actor with local non-administrative user privileges may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the system where Fusion is installed.

Weakness classification

  • security@vmware.com: CWE-367

Primary references