VMware ESX

Top 10 Security Stories: WordPress XSS Flaw, PHP Vulnerabilities, and VMware ESX Issues Lead Weekly Roundup

Security NEXT has published its weekly ranking of the most viewed articles for the period from August 2 to August 8, 2026. The list highlights critical vulnerabilities affecting widely used platforms including WordPress, PHP, pgAdmin 4, VMware ESX, and Chrome. Several entries focus on newly released security updates and ongoing exploitation warnings issued by US authorities. The ranking also includes real-world incidents such as credit card skimming by employees and data leaks caused by phishing attacks. This weekly overview reflects the topics that drew the highest attention from the Japanese cybersecurity community during the specified week.

Weekly Roundup: Critical Vulnerabilities Hit VMware ESX, FortiOS, Chrome, fastjson, Cisco FMC and Ruby on Rails

Security NEXT published its list of the ten most-read articles for the week of July 26 to August 1, 2026. The ranking is dominated by high-severity vulnerabilities affecting widely deployed enterprise platforms. VMware released fixes for serious flaws in ESX and vCenter, while Fortinet confirmed active exploitation of vulnerabilities in FortiOS and VeloCloud Orchestrator. Google patched 370 security issues in Chrome, and a data-conversion library fastjson was found vulnerable with observed attacks. Apple shipped iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 containing fixes for 87 vulnerabilities, and Cisco warned that its Firewall Management Center is already being exploited. Additional patches addressed OpenAM, Node.js, and a critical flaw dubbed KindaRails2Shell in Ruby on Rails. The list also includes a breach at an ANA Group e-commerce site that may have exposed customer data.

Broadcom Releases Critical Security Updates for VMware vCenter and ESX Vulnerabilities

Broadcom has issued security updates addressing five vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter and VMware ESX, including two rated as Critical. The flaws affect VMware Directory Service and Syslog server processing, potentially allowing authentication bypass and arbitrary code execution. CVE-2026-59309 enables attackers to bypass authentication over the network in VMware Directory Service, risking unauthorized system access. CVE-2026-59310 involves a path traversal issue in Syslog server handling that could lead to remote code execution. Multiple related products including VMware vSphere Foundation, VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware Telco Cloud Platform, and VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure are also impacted. The advisory VMSA-2026-0006 was published on July 29, 2026, with patches now available.