CVE-2026-41702CWE-367
TOCTOU local privilege escalation vulnerability
High · published May 15, 2026
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.
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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
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