CVE-2026-41709 (GCVE-0-2026-41709)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-30 12:45 – Updated: 2026-07-30 15:10
VLAI
Title
ESX insufficient logging vulnerability
Summary
VMware ESX contains an insufficient logging vulnerability. A malicious administrator could exploit this issue to perform certain operations without them being logged.
Severity
2.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
VMware Cloud Foundation Affected: 9.1.x.x
Affected: 9.0.x.x
Affected: 5.x , < 5.2.4 (custom)
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VMware vSphere Foundation Affected: 9.1.x.x
Affected: 9.0.x.x
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VMware ESX Affected: 9.1.x.x , < ESXi-9.1.0.0-25370933 (custom)
Affected: 9.0.x.x , < ESXi-9.0.2.0100-25595025 (custom)
Affected: 8.0 , < ESXi80U3j-25429389 (custom)
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VMware Telco Cloud Platform Affected: 5.1.x
Affected: 5.0.x
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Date Public
2026-07-29 04:30
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