# CVE-2026-41709 — VMware Cloud Foundation

> As of 2026-07-30, CVE-2026-41709 is a LOW-severity vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation, CVSS v3.1 2.7, EPSS 0.2% (20.5th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-41709, most recently “Three Critical VMware Flaws (CVE-2026-59309, CVE-2026-59310, CVE-2026-47876) Allow Auth Bypass, RCE, and VM Escape”.

**Last updated:** 2026-07-30

## 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](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/778.html). 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](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/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.

- [Three Critical VMware Flaws (CVE-2026-59309, CVE-2026-59310, CVE-2026-47876) Allow Auth Bypass, RCE, and VM Escape](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1764) — CRITICAL · 2026-07-29

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Other references**

- [support.broadcom.com](https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/38017)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-41709
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-41709 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp