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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2026-59309

vCenter authentication-bypass vulnerability

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
vmware

Description

VMware vCenter contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the VMware Directory Service. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter may exploit this issue to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to the system.

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.xaffected

VMware vSphere Foundation

Default version status: unaffected

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

VMware vCenter

Default version status: unaffected

  • 9.1.x.x to < 9.1.0.0300affected
  • 9.0.x.x to < 9.0.2.0100affected
  • 8.0 to < 8.0 U3kaffected

VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure

Default version status: unaffected

  • 3.0affected

VMware Telco Cloud Platform

Default version status: unaffected

  • 5.1.xaffected
  • 5.0.xaffected
  • 4.xaffected
  • 3.0affected

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