Disclosure summary
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)
Source-reported weakness categories
CWE-121
Source-specific records & product guidance
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NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2026-59347
Open original source · Updated Oct 07, 2026
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Original records & references
PUBLISHED 2026-10-07T02:16:35-04:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-07T11:58:17-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-10T20:50:09-04:00