{"id":"CVE-2026-41703","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-41703","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:11:15.123Z","title":"VMware ESX, Workstation, and Fusion contain an 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.","published":"2026-07-30T13:16:49.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-30T16:17:11.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"security@vmware.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.6,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00432,"percentile":0.37284,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/38017","source":"security@vmware.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41703","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}