CVE-2026-59310 PUBLISHED

vCenter directory-traversal vulnerability

Assigner: vmware
Reserved: 04.07.2026 Published: 30.07.2026 Updated: 30.07.2026

VMware vCenter contains a directory traversal vulnerability in the Syslog server. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	VMware
Product	Cloud Foundation
Versions	Default: unaffected Version 9.1.x.x is affected Version 9.0.x.x is affected Version 5.x is affected

Vendor	VMware
Product	vSphere Foundation
Versions	Default: unaffected Version 9.1.x.x is affected Version 9.0.x.x is affected

Vendor	VMware
Product	vCenter
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 9.1.x.x to 9.1.0.0300 (excl.) affected from 9.0.x.x to 9.0.2.0100 (excl.) affected from 8.0 to 8.0 U3k (excl.)

Vendor	VMware
Product	Telco Cloud Infrastructure
Versions	Default: unaffected Version 3.0 is affected

Vendor	VMware
Product	Telco Cloud Platform
Versions	Default: unaffected Version 5.1.x is affected Version 5.0.x is affected Version 4.x is affected Version 3.0 is affected

References

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/38017

Problem Types

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE