What is CVE-2026-41709?
VMware ESX contains an insufficient logging vulnerability. A malicious administrator could exploit this issue to perform certain operations without them being logged.
The record classifies CVE-2026-41709 under weakness class CWE-778. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs high-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction. 4 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 90 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 2.7 — LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.5% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 2.2/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-07-30
Is CVE-2026-41709 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 22 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- VMware: Cloud Foundation, vSphere Foundation, ESX, Telco Cloud Platform
How to fix CVE-2026-41709
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-41709 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-41709
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-41709, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .