CVE-2026-41702CWE-367

TOCTOU local privilege escalation vulnerability

High · published May 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

VMware Fusion contains a TOCTOU (Time-of-check Time-of-use) vulnerability 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 record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00107 · 1.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Published
2026-05-15T06:11Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 MAY 06:11Z
    TOCTOU local privilege escalation vulnerability
    cvelistv5