CVE-2026-41702

Published May 15, 2026

Last updated 8 days ago

CVSS high 7.8

Overview

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.
Source: security@vmware.com
NVD status: Analyzed
Products: fusion

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

security@vmware.com: CWE-367

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "matchCriteriaId": "C73DDBBF-DFF5-41C9-965C-BE202BD8C47E",
            "versionEndExcluding": "26h1",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.

Overview

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Weaknesses

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