CVE-2026-41702
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Publication date: 2026-05-15

Last updated on: 2026-05-18

Assigner: VMware

Description
VMware Fusion contains a TOCTOU (Time-of-check Time-of-use) vulnerability that occurs during an operation performed by a SETUID binary. A malicious actor with local non-administrative user privileges may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the system where Fusion is installed.
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Published
2026-05-15
Last Modified
2026-05-18
Generated
2026-06-10
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-08
NVD
CVE-2026-41702
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Vendor Product Version / Range
vmware fusion to 26h1 (exc)
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CWE ID Description
CWE-367 The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check.
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