Chinese Hackers Quietly Used a Low-Severity ESXi Logging Flaw as a Zero-Day
CISA warned that attackers have used the VMware ESXi vulnerability CVE-2026-41709 in attacks. The issue is a low-severity insufficient-logging flaw that allows attackers logged in as administrators to perform certain operations without those operations being logged. According to CrowdStrike, the China-nexus threat actor Warp Panda used the flaw as a zero-day in intrusions targeting US organizations, including law firms.
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