VulnerabilityPublished 14 May 2026

High-Severity Vulnerability Patched in VMware Fusion

Source SecurityWeek

Mentioned vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-41702

Severity

High

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Data as of 14 May 2026, 10:55 UTC

What to do

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An official patch for CVE-2026-41702 has been released by Broadcom and should be applied promptly to affected VMware Fusion installations. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory. Monitor for further VMware patches as additional vulnerabilities may be addressed in the coming days.

Description

The patch was announced as Broadcom is attending the Pwn2Own hacking competition in Berlin this week. The post High-Severity Vulnerability Patched in VMware Fusion appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows a local attacker with non-administrative privileges to escalate to root privileges on the system running VMware Fusion. This could lead to full system compromise. However, there are no known active exploits in the wild at this time.

Summary

CVE-2026-41702 is a TOCTOU vulnerability in VMware Fusion involving a SETUID binary operation. Exploitation requires local access with non-administrative privileges and can lead to privilege escalation to root. Broadcom has released an official patch addressing this vulnerability. The patch was announced during the Pwn2Own competition, where VMware products are common targets. No evidence of exploitation in the wild has been reported. VMware may issue further patches for related products in the near term.

References

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