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A remote attacker who can reach vCenter over the network can send crafted packets to run code on the server.","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"epss":null,"exploited":true,"exploited_at":"2026-01-23T00:00:00+00:00","products":[{"name":"Broadcom VMware vCenter Server","fixed":[],"affected":"","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"vmware cloud foundation","fixed":["5.2"],"affected":">= 4.0, < 5.2","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"vmware vcenter server","fixed":[],"affected":"= 8.0","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"vmware vcenter server","fixed":[],"affected":"= 7.0","ecosystem":"vendor"}],"ecosystems":["vendor"],"tags":["exploited","infrastructure","self-hosted","vcenter","vmware"],"not_affected_if":["no-vcenter-deployed"],"how_to_check":null,"fix":"Apply the vendor mitigation or patch from Broadcom for VMware vCenter Server; CISA says to follow the vendor instructions or discontinue use if mitigations are unavailable.","status":"open","published_at":"2024-06-18T06:15:11+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-23T20:42:33+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-23T23:44:51+00:00","category":"infrastructure","confidence":0.7,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-23T20:42:33Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"Apply the vendor mitigation or patch from Broadcom for VMware vCenter Server; CISA says to follow the vendor instructions or discontinue use if mitigations are unavailable.","reach":"network","summary":"VMware vCenter Server has an out-of-bounds write in its DCERPC protocol handling. 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