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.
CVE-2026-59310
Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-07-30. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; 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
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8(high)
- EG Risk
- 60(Track)EG Risk 60/100SSVC: 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 computedSeverity98% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 63%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 30, 2026
Last Modified
July 30, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Jul 30, 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-2026-59310(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-v2gp-49gj-2c9fGitHub Security AdvisoriesCritical
VMware vCenter contains a directory traversal vulnerability in the Syslog server. A malicious...
- 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 19× in last 7d / 19× 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 07:13 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-01 07:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-01 03:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-31 23:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-31 19:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-31 15:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-31 11:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-31 08:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-31 04:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-31 00:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-30 20:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-30 16:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-30 16:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-30 15:40 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-30 15:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-30 13:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-30 12:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-30 12:46 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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