VMware Workstation and Fusion HGFS stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability in HGFS. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. Affected versions: - VMware Workstation: 25H2, 26H1 (fixed in 26H1u1) - VMware Fusion: 25H2, 26H1 (fixed in 26H1u1)
CVE-2026-59347
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-59347
VMware Workstation
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
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- Prerequisites
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VMware Fusion
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "VMware",
"product": "VMware Workstation",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "25H2",
"versionType": "custom",
"lessThanOrEqual": "26H1"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "26H1u1",
"versionType": "custom"
}
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
},
{
"vendor": "VMware",
"product": "VMware Fusion",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "25H2",
"versionType": "custom",
"lessThanOrEqual": "26H1"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "26H1u1",
"versionType": "custom"
}
],
"platforms": [
"macOS"
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-59347
Source reference:
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Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #11849 · Revision 1
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