{
  "id": 651895,
  "title": "Attackers Exploit VMware vCenter Vulnerability to Gain Persistent Remote Access",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/attackers-exploit-vmware-vcenter-vulnerability-to-gain-persistent",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T09:01:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/attackers-exploit-vmware-vcenter.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Threat actors have begun to actively exploit a recently patched critical security flaw in Broadcom VMware vCenter, according to new findings from QUIRSO. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-59310 (CVSS score: 9.8), a directory-traversal vulnerability in the VMware vCenter server that a malicious actor with network access can exploit to execute arbitrary code. Patches for the flaw were",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}