CVE-2026-41702

HIGH

VMware Fusion >=2025H2 <2026H1 - Privilege Escalation via SETUID Binary TOCTOU Race Condition

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2026-41702. PoCs published by exploitintel.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional exploit for CVE-2026-41702, a TOCTOU race condition in VMware Fusion 25.x on macOS 15.x. The exploit leverages a symlink race to achieve local privilege escalation (LPE) by manipulating file ownership via chown().

Description

VMware Fusion contains a TOCTOU (Time-of-check Time-of-use) vulnerability that occurs during an operation performed by a SETUID binary. A malicious actor with local non-administrative user privileges may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the system where Fusion is installed.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 4 stars
by exploitintel · cpoc
https://github.com/exploitintel/eip-pocs-and-cves/tree/main/CVE-2026-41702

This repository contains a functional exploit for CVE-2026-41702, a TOCTOU race condition in VMware Fusion 25.x on macOS 15.x. The exploit leverages a symlink race to achieve local privilege escalation (LPE) by manipulating file ownership via chown().

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Complex
Reliability
Racy
Target: VMware Fusion 25.x on macOS 15.x
No auth needed
Prerequisites: VMware Fusion 25.x installed on macOS 15.x · Running VM to trigger the vulnerability
devstral-2 · analyzed May 17, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-367
Status published
Products (2)
vmware/fusion < 26h1
VMware/Fusion 2025H2 - 2026H1
Published May 15, 2026
Tracked Since May 15, 2026