medium Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2026-41709VMware ESX — Insufficient Logging of Administrator Actions
The VMware host software (ESX) does not log everything an administrator does. A malicious actor with admin access can perform certain operations without leaving a log entry, which makes their activity harder to trace.
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THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 2.7/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 0.7% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2026-07-30
- Added to KEV
- 2026-10-28
- CISA due date
- 2026-11-11
- Exploit published
- Not recorded
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- defense evasion
- MITRE ATT&CK
- —
- Severity
- medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attacker needsAdministrator access to VMware ESX.
Behind the card
3 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisorysupport.broadcom.comsupport.broadcom.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, published_at, references | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-11-05 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added, exploitation.kev_due | cisa.gov | 2026-11-05 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-11-05 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, subtitle, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-11-05 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
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