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CVE-2026-59347: VMware Workstation and Fusion HGFS stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-10-07 · updated 2026-10-07
- Weakness: CWE-121
Description
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability in HGFS. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. Affected versions: - VMware Workstation: 25H2, 26H1 (fixed in 26H1u1) - VMware Fusion: 25H2, 26H1 (fixed in 26H1u1)
Affected products
- VMware Fusion: from 25H2 through 26H1
- VMware Workstation: from 25H2 through 26H1
References
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