CVE-2026-59310

CRITICALCVSS 9.8Known Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

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-2026-59310

Remediation deadline: August 21, 2026

Description

Broadcom VMware vCenter contains a path traversal vulnerability which could allow a threat actor with network access to vCenter to execute arbitrary code.

Timeline

Published:July 30th, 2026 1:16 PM

Last modified:August 14th, 2026 5:16 AM

Added to KEV:August 18th, 2026

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

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

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute