CVE-2026-59310 (GCVE-0-2026-59310)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-30 12:19 – Updated: 2026-07-30 12:28
VLAI
Title
vCenter directory-traversal vulnerability
Summary
VMware vCenter contains a directory traversal vulnerability in the Syslog server. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
VMware Cloud Foundation Affected: 9.1.x.x
Affected: 9.0.x.x
Affected: 5.x
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VMware vSphere Foundation Affected: 9.1.x.x
Affected: 9.0.x.x
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VMware vCenter Affected: 9.1.x.x , < 9.1.0.0300 (custom)
Affected: 9.0.x.x , < 9.0.2.0100 (custom)
Affected: 8.0 , < 8.0 U3k (custom)
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VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure Affected: 3.0
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VMware Telco Cloud Platform Affected: 5.1.x
Affected: 5.0.x
Affected: 4.x
Affected: 3.0
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Date Public
2026-07-29 04:30
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