CVE-2026-41703
HighCVSS 7.6Summary
VMware ESX, Workstation, and Fusion contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A user with VM deployment privileges can trigger an out-of-bounds read, potentially leading to information disclosure or a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition of the host process. On Workstation and Fusion, the impact is restricted to information disclosure.
Risk Assessment
The risk is potential information disclosure or host process DoS, affecting the availability of the virtualization environment.
Recommendation
Apply patches provided by VMware for the affected products (ESX, Workstation, Fusion).
Other vulnerabilities in VMware ESX
See all- CVE-2026-47876Critical
VMware ESX contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the VMXNET3 virtual network adapter. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine with VMXNET3 virtual network adapter may exploit this issue to execute code on the host.
- CVE-2026-41709Low
VMware ESX contains an insufficient logging vulnerability. A malicious administrator could exploit this issue to perform certain operations without them being logged.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.