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CVE record · CVE-2026-59310

vCenter directory-traversal vulnerability

CVSS 9.8 CriticalCriticalIn CISA KEV · ransomwareEPSS 0.026 · 85th percentile

Critical, because:

  • In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 18 Aug 2026: it is known to be exploited.
  • CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: vmware) at 30 Jul 2026, 12:19 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
VMware Cloud Foundation
  • affected 9.1.x.x
  • affected 9.0.x.x
  • affected 5.x
Other versions: unaffected
VMware vSphere Foundation
  • affected 9.1.x.x
  • affected 9.0.x.x
Other versions: unaffected
VMware vCenter
  • affected 9.1.x.x to before 9.1.0.0300 custom
  • affected 9.0.x.x to before 9.0.2.0100 custom
  • affected 8.0 to before 8.0 U3k custom
Other versions: unaffected
VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure
  • affected 3.0
Other versions: unaffected
VMware Telco Cloud Platform
  • affected 5.1.x
  • affected 5.0.x
  • affected 4.x
  • affected 3.0
Other versions: unaffected
Identifiers
CVE-2026-59310
CNA
vmware
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Tags
Published
30 Jul 2026
Updated
12 Sept 2026

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.8 Critical 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (vmware)
  • CISA KEV Listed since 18 Aug 2026: known to be exploited. CISA reports use in ransomware campaigns.
  • EPSS 0.026, the 85th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 30 Jul 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.