VMware ESX contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the VMXNET3 virtual network adapter. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine with VMXNET3 virtual network adapter may exploit this issue to execute code on the host. Non VMXNET3 virtual adapters are not affected by this issue.
CVE-2026-47876
Score 9.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-07-30. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 9.3
- EG Score
- 9.3(high)
- EG Risk
- 42(Track)EG Risk 42/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity93% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 20%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 30, 2026
Last Modified
July 30, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Aug 1, 2026Support Content Notification - Support Portal - Broadcom support portal
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/38017Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-47876(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- GCP-2026-051Google Cloud Security BulletinsCritical
GCP-2026-051 — Published: 2026-07-31Description Description Severity Notes Per advisory VMSA-2026-0006, multiple vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, and…
- GHSA-8f48-75j5-mrf7GitHub Security AdvisoriesCritical
VMware ESX contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the VMXNET3 virtual network adapter....
- GCP-2026-050Google Cloud Security BulletinsCritical
GCP-2026-050 — Published: 2026-07-29Description Description Severity Notes Per advisory VMSA-2026-0006, multiple vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, and…
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 18× in last 7d / 18× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-01 08:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-01 04:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-01 04:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-01 00:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-31 20:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-31 17:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-31 13:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-31 09:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-31 05:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-31 02:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-30 22:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-30 18:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-30 18:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-30 14:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-30 13:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-30 12:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-30 12:46 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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