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CVE-2026-59310

critical · 9.8Actively exploited

On the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Added 2026-08-18Remediation due 2026-08-21

VMware vCenter contains a directory traversal vulnerability in the Syslog server. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code.

9.8
CVSS
49.7%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
EPSS percentile
2026-07-30
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
vmwarevcenter_server< 8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwarevcenter_server8.0
vmwaretelco_cloud_infrastructure3.0
vmwaretelco_cloud_platform>= 3.0, <= 5.2
vmwarevcenter_server>= 9.0, < 9.0.2.0100
vmwarevcenter_server>= 9.1, < 9.1.0.0300
vmwarecloud_foundationall versions
vmwarevsphere_foundationall versions

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References

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-59310