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CVE-2026-41702

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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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.0 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-05-15 07:16:18.923000
Last modified
2026-10-26 14:10:00.130000
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