How severe is CVE-2026-41709?

CVE-2026-41709 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 2.7 (LOW). EPSS estimates a 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2026-41709: Broadcom VMWare ESX Insufficient Logging Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Broadcom VMWare ESX Insufficient Logging Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2026-10-28

Remediation due

2026-11-11

Required action
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.

CISA notes
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/38017 ; ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41709

Description

VMware ESX contains an insufficient logging vulnerability. A malicious administrator could exploit this issue to perform certain operations without them being logged.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CNA2.7 LOW

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impactpartial

Key Findings

as of 2026-11-01

All KEV statistics→

CISA added CVE-2026-41709 to the KEV catalog 90 days after its CVE record was published. The median for entries added in 2026 so far is 14 days.
It is one of 34 VMware entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 4 added in 2026.
Its current EPSS score (0.7%) is higher than that of 1% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
VMware	VMware Cloud Foundation	9.1.x.x 9.0.x.x 5.x to <5.2.4
VMware	VMware vSphere Foundation	9.1.x.x 9.0.x.x
VMware	VMware ESX	9.1.x.x to <ESXi-9.1.0.0-25370933 9.0.x.x to <ESXi-9.0.2.0100-25595025 8.0 to <ESXi80U3j-25429389
VMware	VMware Telco Cloud Platform	5.1.x 5.0.x

References

1 links

Other references

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/38017

Record Details

Published: 2026-07-30
Last updated: 2026-10-29
Assigner (CNA): vmware
Credited to: -

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CVE-2026-41709