CVE-2026-59347
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)
Published:Oct 7, 2026
Last Modified:Oct 9, 2026
EPS:Oct 7, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00207
CVSS Score:8.1
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Vmware
Product
Vmware Fusion
Vmware
Vmware Fusion
Vendor
Vmware
Product
Vmware Workstation
Vmware
Vmware Workstation
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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High
