VMware Workstation 25.x < 26.0.0 Vulnerability (VMSA-2026-0006)

high Nessus Plugin ID 330656

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Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 25.x (25H2) prior to 26.0.0 (26H1). It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

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

Solution

Update to VMware Workstation version 26.0.0 (26H1), or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 330656

File Name: vmware_workstation_vmsa_2026_0006.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: General

Published: 7/29/2026

Updated: 8/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

Percentile: 96.74

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41703

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:workstation

Required KB Items: Host/VMware Workstation/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41703

IAVA: 2026-A-0797

VMSA: 2026-0006

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