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)
History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Vmware
Vmware vmware Fusion
Vmware vmware Workstation
Vendors & Products Vmware
Vmware vmware Fusion
Vmware vmware Workstation

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000

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Description 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)
Title VMware Workstation and Fusion HGFS stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-121
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2026-10-07T05:40:05.544Z

Updated: 2026-10-07T11:29:34.197Z

Reserved: 2026-07-04T18:14:34.673Z

Link: CVE-2026-59347

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T11:29:29.783Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-07T06:16:35.700

Modified: 2026-10-07T15:58:17.433

Link: CVE-2026-59347

cve-icon Redhat

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