CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-59309

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2026-07-30 Modified 2026-08-25 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-07-30
Last modified
2026-08-25
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-303

Description

VMware vCenter contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the VMware Directory Service. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter may exploit this issue to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to the system.

Affected configurations

• vmware vcenter server (< 8.0) • vmware vcenter server 8.0 • vmware vcenter server (>= 9.0 < 9.0.2.0100) • vmware vcenter server (>= 9.1 < 9.1.0.0300)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-303 Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm weakness

References