High-Severity Vulnerability Patched in VMware Fusion

Broadcom announced on Thursday that it has released a VMware Fusion update to patch a high-severity vulnerability.  The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-41702 and rated ‘important’ by the vendor, was reported by Mathieu Farrell. An advisory describes CVE-2026-41702 as a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw 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,” the advisory explains.  VMware may announce several more patches in the coming days, as its products will be targeted at this week’s Pwn2Own hacking competition. VMware owner Broadcom has sent members of its security team to the event, where participants are expected to demonstrate ESX exploits that can earn them up to $200,000. VMware Workstation, which in recent years has earned significant rewards for Pwn2Own participants, has been removed from the list of targets.  Broadcom’s advisory does not mention CVE-2026-41702 being used in attacks, but vulnerabilities in VMware products are often exploited in the wild. CISA’s KEV catalog currently includes 26 VMware flaws.  Related: VMware Aria Operations Vulnerability Could Allow Remote Code Execution Related: 2024 VMware Flaw Now in Attackers’ Crosshairs Related: Exploit for VMware Zero-Day Flaws Likely Built a Year Before Public Disclosure WRITTEN BY Eduard Kovacs Eduard Kovacs (@EduardKovacs) is senior managing editor at SecurityWeek. He worked as a high school IT teacher before starting a career in journalism in 2011. Eduard holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial informatics and a master’s degree in computer techniques applied in electrical engineering. More from Eduard Kovacs Microsoft Patches Critical Zero-Click Outlook Vulnerability Threatening Enterprises Hundreds of Malicious Packages Force RubyGems to Suspend Registrations ICS Patch Tuesday: New Security Advisories From Siemens, Schneider, CISA BWH Hotels Says Hackers Had Access to Reservation Data for 6 Months Apple Patches Dozens of Vulnerabilities in macOS, iOS Claude Mythos Finds Only One Curl Vulnerability; Experts Divided on What It Really Means Frame Security Emerges From Stealth With $50M for Awareness and Training Platform Google Detects First AI-Generated Zero-Day Exploit Latest News Chinese APTs Expand Targets, Update Backdoors in Recent Campaigns G7 Countries Release AI SBOM Guidance F5 Patches Over 50 Vulnerabilities Hackers Targeted PraisonAI Vulnerability Hours After Disclosure Researcher Drops YellowKey, GreenPlasma Windows Zero-Days Foxconn Confirms North American Factories Hit by Cyberattack Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks Find Many Vulnerabilities by Using AI on Their Own Code Sweet Security Launches Agentic AI Red Teaming to Counter ‘Mythos Moment’ Trending Webinar: ROSI For CPS Security Programs May 13, 2026 In cyber-physical systems (CPS), just one hour of downtime can outweigh an entire annual security budget. Learn how to master the Return on Security Investment (ROSI) to align security goals with the bottom-line priorities. Register Virtual Event: Threat Detection And Incident Response Summit May 20, 2026 Delve into big-picture strategies to reduce attack surfaces, improve patch management, conduct post-incident forensics, and tools and tricks needed in a modern organization. Register People on the Move iCOUNTER has appointed Lisa Hayashi as CMO and Bob Kalchthaler as CFO. Thomas Bain has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer at Silent Push. Dave Becker has been named Chief Customer Officer at Radiant Logic. More People On The Move Expert Insights Is The SOC Obsolete, And We Just Haven’t Admitted It Yet? Many AI-first enterprises have already embraced sovereign architectures for general AI initiatives; cybersecurity—and the SOC—should be next. (Danelle Au) The Mythos Moment: Enterprises Must Fight Agents With Agents Only with the right platform and an agentic, AI-driven defense, will enterprises be able to protect themselves in the agentic era. (Etay Maor) Why Cybersecurity Must Rethink Defense In The Age Of Autonomous Agents From autonomous code generation to decision-making systems that initiate actions without human intervention, the industry is entering a new phase. (Torsten George) Government Can’t Win The Cyber War Without The Private Sector Securing national resilience now depends on faster, deeper partnerships with the private sector. (Steve Durbin) The Hidden ROI Of Visibility: Better Decisions, Better Behavior, Better Security Beyond monitoring and compliance, visibility acts as a powerful deterrent, shaping user behavior, improving collaboration, and enabling more accurate, data-driven security decisions. (Joshua Goldfarb) Flipboard Reddit Whatsapp Email