No. CVE-2026-41709
A VMware ESX admin can act without leaving a log entry
Being used now
Yes. Attackers are using this right now.
Teams that run VMware ESX servers. An attacker would already need admin access.
What to do
Apply Broadcom's update for VMware ESX and review who holds admin access.
Confirmed in attacksOct 28, 2026
ProductBroadcom VMware ESX
Attack likelihood, next 30 daysunder 1%
Attack likelihood is EPSS, a daily estimate from FIRST.org of how likely this bug is to be used in attacks in the next 30 days.
The official description
Broadcom VMWare ESX contains an insufficient logging vulnerability that could allow a malicious actor with admin access to perform certain operations without being logged.
For your tech helper or AI assistant
A read-only checklist. Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or a coding agent; it only looks and changes nothing.
Read-only check, change nothing, send nothing anywhere.
Is Broadcom VMware ESX (CVE-2026-41709) installed or running on this machine or in this project?
1. Find every copy and its version (apps, packages, containers, lockfiles).
2. Compare each version against the vendor's fixed version for CVE-2026-41709. Quote the vendor page you used.
3. Report a table: where, version, fixed version, status (exposed / fixed / not installed / unsure).
4. List the exact update steps, but do not run them.