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FKIE_CVE-2026-22715

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-26 19:32 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:20

Severity

5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Summary

VMWare Workstation and Fusion contain a logic flaw in the management of network packets. Known attack vectors: A malicious actor with administrative privileges on a Guest VM may be able to interrupt or intercept network connections of other Guest VM's. Resolution: To remediate CVE-2026-22715 please upgrade to VMware Workstation or Fusion Version 25H2U1

References

	URL	Tags
	security@vmware.com	https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36986

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2026-22715 (GCVE-0-2026-22715)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-26 18:29 – Updated: 2026-02-27 17:55

Title

VMware Workstation/Fusion NAT vulnerability

Summary

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-02-27 17:55 UTC

CWE

CWE-923 - Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints

Assigner

vmware mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-cont…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
VMware	Workstation	Affected: 17.0 , < 25H2U1 (custom) Unaffected: 25H2U1 (custom)
VMware	Fusion	Affected: 13.0 , < 25H2U1 (custom) Unaffected: 25H2U1 (custom)

Date Public

2026-02-26 07:33

Credits

Broadcom would like to thank Ao Wang, Yuxiang Yang, Ke Xu, Xuewei Feng, Qi Li, and Xueying Li for reporting this issue to us.

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