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Vulnerability · NVD published 2026-07-30

CVE-2026-59309

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.

Signals

Exploited in the wild
Not on KEVNot in CISA's catalogue as of the last daily pull. Absence is not proof of safety.
EPSS · 30-day forecast
1%Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 48th percentile of all CVEs. A forecast; KEV outranks it.
CVSS · NVD · CRITICAL
9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Internet exposure
not stated by sourcesNo exposure census on this CVE's dispatches.

Exploits

not checked

Not checked yet. Our exploit watch has not looked at this CVE, so this says nothing either way.

On the wire

1 dispatch
  1. Critical VMware vCenter Vulnerabilities Allow Authentication Bypass and Remote Code Execution (CVE-2026-59309, CVE-2026-59310)EXPL

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