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Critical · 9.8 Known exploited · Ransomware Public exploit CVE-2026-59310 EUVD-2026-51097GHSA-v2gp-49gj-2c9f

vCenter directory-traversal vulnerability

Published Jul 30, 2026 · Updated Sep 12, 2026 · Assigned by vmware

Vendor: VMware Product: Cloud Foundation Product: Telco Cloud Infrastructure Product: Telco Cloud Platform Product: vCenter Product: vSphere Foundation Category: Virtualization

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1.x.x, 9.0.x.x, 5.x —
VMware vSphere Foundation 9.1.x.x, 9.0.x.x —
VMware vCenter 9.1.x.x – < 9.1.0.0300, 9.0.x.x – < 9.0.2.0100, 8.0 – < 8.0 U3k 9.1.0.0300
VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure 3.0 —
VMware Telco Cloud Platform 5.1.x, 5.0.x, 4.x, 3.0 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 5 repositories

  • chu0119/vc-strike ★ 43 · Oct 1, 2026

    VC-Strike — VMware vCenter CVE-2026-59310 (unauth root RCE) & CVE-2026-59309 (SRP auth bypass) authorized pentest suite. GUI+CLI, multi-session C2, stdlib-only. 授权测试专用

  • zgsfsec/CVE-2026-59310-POC ★ 11 · Sep 25, 2026

    CVE-2026-59310-POC 仅用于自测，请勿用于攻击

  • BiuTrap/CVE-2026-59310 ★ 2 · Aug 17, 2026

    CVE-2026-59310 PoC

  • vpxuser/CVE-2026-59310 ★ 1 · Sep 29, 2026

    ChinaRan0/CVE-2026-59310-POC 的优化版本。子命令、一次性 cron、带远端 PTY 的交互 shell。仅限授权测试。

  • HORKimhab/CVE-2026-59310 ★ 0 · Aug 17, 2026

    CVE-2026-59310

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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