CVE•Published 2026-05-15•Modified 2026-05-18•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-41702Vmware · Fusion

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

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.

Timeline

Published 2026-05-15

Modified 2026-05-18

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-41702

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Vmware Fusion"

All exposed Vmware Fusion instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Fusion"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Fusion" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-41702