ESX vulnerabilities

3 known vulnerabilities in ESX from VMware. 2 are rated high or critical, and 1 has been exploited in real attacks. Each entry lists the affected versions and the release that fixes it, where the vendor has published one.

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• 2.7 Low severity

  Broadcom VMWare ESX Insufficient Logging Exploited

  CVE-2026-41709Jul 30, 2026VMware

  VMware ESX contains an insufficient logging vulnerability. A malicious administrator could exploit this issue to perform certain operations without them being logged.

• 9.3 Critical severity

  Cloud Foundation: Out-of-bounds Write

  CVE-2026-47876Jul 30, 2026VMware

  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

• 7.6 High severity

  Cloud Foundation: Out-of-bounds Read

  CVE-2026-41703Jul 30, 2026VMware

  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) conditi