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CVE-2026-41709

Low 2.7 Exploited in the wild (KEV)

Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog

Name
Broadcom VMWare ESX Insufficient Logging Vulnerability
Added to catalog
Remediation due date (US federal)
Required action
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Description

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

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
2.7 (LOW) Score source: CNA CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS — exploit probability
1% (percentile: 53) as of 1 November 2026
CWE
CWE-778

Affected products

vmware: esxi; vmware: cloud foundation; vmware: telco cloud platform; vmware: vsphere foundation

References