FKIE_CVE-2026-59310

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-30 13:16 - Updated: 2026-08-19 04:17
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.

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