Broadcom VMware vCenter Path Traversal Vulnerability

Broadcom VMware vCenter

Broadcom VMware vCenter contains a path traversal vulnerability which could allow a threat actor with network access to vCenter to execute arbitrary code. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-08-18 (federal deadline 2026-08-21).

First seen: 18 Aug 2026
Last update: 18 Aug 2026, 12:00 UTC
Identifiers: CVE-2026-59310
Source: CISA KEV
On the menu as: VMware

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## Broadcom VMware vCenter Path Traversal Vulnerability
Severity: critical, exploited in the wild. Patch status: patched.
Affected: Broadcom VMware vCenter
Ids: CVE-2026-59310

Broadcom VMware vCenter contains a path traversal vulnerability which could allow a threat actor with network access to vCenter to execute arbitrary code. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-08-18 (federal deadline 2026-08-21).

## Steps
1. This touches infrastructure (vmware). Look in terraform, ansible, cloud-init, Dockerfiles and docs for the product and version we run. If it isn't in the repo, say so and list what a human should check on the box.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

If you have the pwned.coffee MCP server (https://pwned.coffee/mcp), call lookup_cve("CVE-2026-59310") for the latest, and check_repo with this repo's lockfiles, Dockerfiles and workflows for a full receipt.
Sources: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59310 https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/38017
https://pwned.coffee/i/broadcom-vmware-vcenter-path-traversal-vulnerability-cve-2026-59310

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