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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.6 High

CVE-2026-41703

Out-of-bounds read vulnerability

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

VMware Cloud Foundation

Default version status: unaffected

  • 9.1.x.xaffected
  • 9.0.x.xaffected
  • 5.x to < 5.2.3affected

VMware vSphere Foundation

Default version status: unaffected

  • 9.1.x.xaffected
  • 9.0.x.xaffected

VMware ESX

Default version status: unaffected

  • 9.1.x.x to < ESXi-9.1.0.0-25370933affected
  • 9.0.x.x to < ESXi-9.0.2.0100-25595025affected
  • 8.0 to < ESXi80U3i-25205845affected

VMware Workstation

Default version status: unaffected

  • 25H2 to < 26H1affected

VMware Fusion

Default version status: unaffected

  • 25H2 to < 26H1affected

VMware Telco Cloud Platform

Default version status: unaffected

  • 5.1.xaffected
  • 5.0.xaffected

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