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Critical 9.8Published Jul 30, 2026
CVE-2026-59309VMware vCenter contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the VMware Directory Service.
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VMware vCenter contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the VMware Directory Service. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter may exploit this issue to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to the system.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-303
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 25, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
vmware vcenter_server vmware:vcenter_server | before 8.0; 8.0; 8.0; 8.0; 8.0; 8.0; 8.0; 8.0; and 21 more ranges | NVD |
References
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/38017vendor-advisory
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