Broadcom Patches Critical VMware Workstation and Fusion VM-Escape Vulnerabilities
2026-09-05T08:51:39Z•9c2663ff6fb5d01d092c7f421cfb53d2ef198b1f9836e0c21210c643e6082674
CVE-2026-20212CVE-2026-6471CVE-2026-85046AI-assisted-attacksCISA-KEVChromeChromium-V8Cisco-Nexus-9000NoviSpyPegasusPostgreSQLVM-escapeVMware-FusionVMware-Workstationactive-exploitationactivistscritical-vulnerabilitycyberespionagedark-webdata-breachdata-leakdriver-licensesidentity-theftremote-code-executionsurveillancevulnerabilityzero-day
What happened
Security news digest covering critical vulnerabilities, active exploitation, data breaches, cyberespionage, spyware targeting activists, and dark-web data sales. Highest-priority issues include unauthenticated root RCE in Cisco Nexus 9000 switches, actively exploited Chrome V8 zero-day CVE-2026-85046, critical VMware Workstation/Fusion VM-escape flaws, and PostgreSQL server takeover vulnerability CVE-2026-6471.
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