Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-59310

CISA KEV Active

Title: Directory Traversal in Syslog Server

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2026-59310

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Jul 30, 2026

Modified Date Aug 19, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.57%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-59310: VMware vCenter contains a directory traversal vulnerability in the Syslog server. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Impacted Vendors

vmware 5

Reference Links

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/38017

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-59310 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/HORKimhab/CVE-2026-59310

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GitHub https://github.com/BiuTrap/CVE-2026-59310

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August 19, 2026 MODIFIED