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VMware Fusion 13.x, 25H2 < 25H2u1 Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints (VMSA-2026-0002)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 305165

Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of VMware Fusion installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is 13.x, 25H2 prior to 25H2u1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

 - VMWare Workstation and Fusion contain a logic flaw in the management of network packets. A malicious actor with administrative privileges on a Guest VM may be able to interrupt or intercept network connections of other Guest VM's. (CVE-2026-22715)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to VMware Fusion version 25H2u1, or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?788c670d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 305165

File Name: macosx_fusion_vmsa_2026_0002.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: macosx

Published: 4/7/2026

Updated: 4/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22715

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:fusion

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, installed_sw/VMware Fusion

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22715

VMSA: 2026-0002