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CVE-2026-59310 is a critical directory traversal vulnerability in the Syslog server component of VMware vCenter. Improper restriction of attacker-controlled pathnames can permit a network-accessible, unauthenticated attacker to traverse outside intended directories and achieve arbitrary code execution on the vCenter server. The vulnerability affects vCenter 8.0 before 8.0 U3k, vCenter 9.0.x before 9.0.2.0100, and vCenter 9.1.x before 9.1.0.0300, as well as affected integrated VMware Cloud Foundation, vSphere Foundation, and Telco Cloud offerings.
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A critical, unauthenticated VMware vCenter directory-traversal vulnerability. It moved from patch release to confirmed exploitation in roughly five days and was subsequently used by ransomware operators to deploy Babuk-derived payloads against ESXi virtual-machine environments.
A VMware vCenter vulnerability mentioned only as contextual background; the content states it was actively exploited and attributes activity to an unnamed China-nexus APT group.
A VMware vCenter vulnerability mentioned as actively exploited and suspected of being weaponized by an unnamed China-nexus APT actor; no technical vulnerability details are provided.
A specific VMware vulnerability addressed in VMSA-2026-0006 and notable because CISA added it to the KEV database, indicating known exploitation.
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