CVE-2026-41723
Stored XSS in VMware Cloud Foundation Operations enables admin actions via injected scripts.
Is CVE-2026-41723 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-41723 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.40% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-41723?
CVE-2026-41723 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.0. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-41723?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-41723, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-41723 affect?
CVE-2026-41723 affects VMware Cloud Foundation Operations, VMware Cloud Foundation. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-41723?
Patch when available; restrict policy/view/widget creation rights; monitor admin actions.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Stored XSS allows an attacker with rights to create policies/views/widgets to inject scripts that perform admin actions in the UI.
Patch when possible
- affected>= 9.1.x.x and <= 9.1.0.0
- affected>= 9.0.x.x and <= 9.0.2.0 EP2
- affected>= 5.x and <= 8.18.7
- affected>= 8.18.x and <= 8.18.6
- affected>= 8.18.x and <= 8.18.7
- affected>= 5.x and <= 8.18.7
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.