High7.8VMware (Broadcom)
Fusion: VMware Fusion contains a TOCTOU (Time-of-check Time-of-use) vulnerability that occurs during an operation performed b…
CVE-2026-41702 Published May 15, 2026Updated by vendor Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2026-41702
Affected products & platforms
VMware (Broadcom)Workstation & Fusion
Summary
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.
Mitigation
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Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 11 hours ago·verify at source
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