CVE-2026-41703: high-severity vulnerability in VMware ESX
Out-of-bounds read vulnerability
Published
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.6epss 0.4%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Affected products
VMware · Cloud FoundationVMware · ESXVMware · FusionVMware · Telco Cloud PlatformVMware · vSphere FoundationVMware · WorkstationRelated CVEs — VMware ESX
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