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#4 The Hacker News general September 05, 2026 at 16:05 UTC

Critical VMware Workstation and Fusion Flaw Lets VM Admins Execute Host Code

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

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Broadcom patched CVE-2026-59346 (CVSS 9.3), a critical integer-overflow vulnerability in VMware Workstation and Fusion that allows a local attacker with elevated VM privileges to execute arbitrary code on the host system. Organizations using these hypervisors should apply the security updates immediately to prevent VM escape scenarios.

Relevance score: 84.0/100

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