High-Severity Vulnerability Patched in VMware Fusion
The patch was announced as Broadcom is attending the Pwn2Own hacking competition in Berlin this week. The post High-Severity Vulnerability Patched in VMware Fusion appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Broadcom announced on Thursday that it has released a VMware Fusion update to patch a high-severity vulnerability.
The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-41702 and rated ‘important’ by the vendor, was reported by Mathieu Farrell.
Source: https://www.securityweek.com/high-severity-vulnerability-patched-in-vmware-fusion/
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