Broadcom Patches Critical VMware Workstation and Fusion VM-Escape Vulnerabilities
2026-09-05T14:51:39Z•4c17e8c13345ea23e41af3a97a16f52a2f012e55b4923142bf49073ddb979233
CVE-2026-20212CVE-2026-6471CVE-2026-85046AI-assisted-attacksCISA-KEVChromeChromiumCisco NexusPegasusPostgreSQLVM-escapeVMwareactively-exploitedcyberespionagedark-webdata-breachidentity-theftprivilege-escalationremote-code-executionspywarevulnerabilitieszero-day
What happened
Security news digest covering critical VMware Workstation/Fusion VM-escape vulnerabilities, an actively exploited Chromium V8 zero-day (CVE-2026-85046), a PostgreSQL server-takeover flaw (CVE-2026-6471), critical unauthenticated RCE in Cisco Nexus 9000 switches (CVE-2026-20212), major data breaches and dark-web data sales, spyware targeting Serbian activists, and AI-assisted Chinese cyberespionage campaigns.
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