CVE-2026-41702 (GCVE-0-2026-41702)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-15 06:11 – Updated: 2026-05-15 09:52
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
TOCTOU local privilege escalation vulnerability
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-15 09:52 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-05-14 06:09
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