Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-41702 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-41702 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-41702?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 15 May 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- VMware Fusion 25H2.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-41702?
- A patch was published on 2026-05-14: Fixed in version 26H1 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-41702 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-41702?
- Check whether you run VMware Fusion at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition exists within a SETUID binary in VMware Fusion. The vulnerability occurs when the application checks a file's properties or state but the state changes before the application performs a subsequent operation on that file. A local attacker with low-level privileges can exploit this race condition to manipulate file operations, leading to an escalation of privileges to root. The issue is tracked as CVE-2026-41702 and has been addressed in VMware Fusion version 26H1.
Affected products
- VMware Fusion 25H2
Timeline
- 2026-05-14: advisory: Initial VMSA-2026-0003 advisory published by Broadcom
- 2026-05-14: patched: Fixed in version 26H1
- 2026-05-15: disclosed: NVD publication date