EIP-2026-116508

PRE-CVE

VMware Workstation 15 Pro - Denial of Service

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-116508. PoCs published by Milad karimi.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets VMware Workstation 15 Pro by crafting a malicious .vmx configuration file with excessively large memory and display values, leading to a denial-of-service condition when the virtual machine is loaded.

Description

VMware Workstation 15 Pro - Denial of Service

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Milad karimi · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51100

This exploit targets VMware Workstation 15 Pro by crafting a malicious .vmx configuration file with excessively large memory and display values, leading to a denial-of-service condition when the virtual machine is loaded.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: VMware Workstation Pro/Player 15.x
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to create or modify a .vmx file on the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026