VMware ESX contains an insufficient logging vulnerability. A malicious administrator could exploit this issue to perform certain operations without them being logged.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
VMware Cloud Foundation unaffected
Version Status Constraints
9.1.x.x affected —
9.0.x.x affected —
5.x affected < 5.2.4
VMware vSphere Foundation unaffected
Version Status Constraints
9.1.x.x affected —
9.0.x.x affected —
VMware ESX unaffected
Version Status Constraints
9.1.x.x affected < ESXi-9.1.0.0-25370933
9.0.x.x affected < ESXi-9.0.2.0100-25595025
8.0 affected < ESXi80U3j-25429389
VMware Telco Cloud Platform unaffected
Version Status Constraints
5.1.x affected —
5.0.x affected —

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History

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Vmware
Vmware cloud Foundation
Vmware esx
Vmware telco Cloud Platform
Vmware vsphere Foundation
Vendors & Products Vmware
Vmware cloud Foundation
Vmware esx
Vmware telco Cloud Platform
Vmware vsphere Foundation

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description VMware ESX contains an insufficient logging vulnerability. A malicious administrator could exploit this issue to perform certain operations without them being logged.
Title ESX insufficient logging vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-778
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-30T15:10:15.160Z

Reserved: 2026-04-22T06:21:34.490Z

Link: CVE-2026-41709

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-30T15:10:11.808Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-30T15:28:55Z

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