Broadcom vulnerabilities in CISA KEV
Broadcom has 6 vulnerabilities in CISA's catalogue of flaws known to be exploited, the 39th highest of any vendor. 4 were added in the last 12 months; 1 is linked to known ransomware use (16.7% of its entries, against 20.4% across the catalogue). CISA's median fix window for these entries is 21 days (range 3 to 21), against 21 days (range 1 to 184) across the whole catalogue. The most exploited product is Brocade Fabric OS, with 1 entry. Other frequently affected products: VMware Aria Operations (1); VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools (1).
Catalog v2026.11.04, released 5 Nov 2026. Source CISA ↗. All KEV entries.
$ ./kev --vendor broadcom --summary
Counts are computed from the catalog release on ; the 12 month window ends there.
┌─ total entries
6
in CISA KEV
┌─ first added
2025-04-28
earliest entry
┌─ latest added
2026-10-28
most recent entry
┌─ last 12 months
4
entries added
┌─ ransomware use
1 of 6
16.7% linked to ransomware
┌─ distinct products
6
affected products
$ awk -F, {print $1} /var/log/kev/broadcom.log | uniq -c
Entries by the year CISA added them.
| Year | Entries added | Of which ransomware |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
$ sort /var/log/kev/broadcom.log | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -5
The five products with the most entries in the catalogue.
- Brocade Fabric OS 1 entry
- VMware Aria Operations 1 entry
- VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools 1 entry
- VMware ESX 1 entry
- VMware vCenter 1 entry
$ kev-due-dates --vendor broadcom
Days between the date CISA added an entry and the due date it set, median and range. Due dates apply to US federal agencies; for everyone else they are a patch-first ranking signal.
┌─ Broadcom
21 days (range 3 to 21)
median and range in days
┌─ whole catalogue
21 days (range 1 to 184)
median and range in days
$ grep -o 'CWE-[0-9]*' /var/log/kev/broadcom.log | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -3
Weakness types CISA records for these entries (6 of 6 have at least one CWE).
$ grep -ril 'Broadcom' /var/log/news | head -5
Our reporting that names Broadcom or one of its KEV CVE ids, newest first.
┌─ /var/log/news
Patch Week pages with these entries
$ wc -l ./broadcom.kev · 6 rows
Descriptions: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue
- CVE-2026-41709
VMware ESX
Broadcom VMWare ESX Insufficient Logging Vulnerability
due 2026-11-11 · CWE-778
$ cat CVE-2026-41709.txt
Description. Broadcom VMWare ESX contains an insufficient logging vulnerability that could allow a malicious actor with admin access to perform certain operations without being logged.
Required action. Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
- CVE-2026-59310
VMware vCenter [RANSOMWARE]
Broadcom VMware vCenter Path Traversal Vulnerability
due 2026-08-21 · CWE-22
$ cat CVE-2026-59310.txt
Description. Broadcom VMware vCenter contains a path traversal vulnerability which could allow a threat actor with network access to vCenter to execute arbitrary code.
Required action. Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
- CVE-2026-22719
VMware Aria Operations
Broadcom VMware Aria Operations Command Injection Vulnerability
due 2026-03-24 · CWE-77
$ cat CVE-2026-22719.txt
Description. Broadcom VMware Aria Operations formerly known as vRealize Operations (vROps) contains a command injection vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands, potentially leading to remote code execution during support‑assisted product migration.
Required action. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- CVE-2024-37079
VMware vCenter Server
Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability
due 2026-02-13 · CWE-787
$ cat CVE-2024-37079.txt
Description. Broadcom VMware vCenter Server contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. This could allow a malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server to send specially crafted network packets, potentially leading to remote code execution.
Required action. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- CVE-2025-41244
VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools
Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools Privilege Defined with Unsafe Actions Vulnerability
due 2025-11-20 · CWE-267
$ cat CVE-2025-41244.txt
Description. Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a privilege defined with unsafe actions vulnerability. A malicious local actor with non-administrative privileges having access to a VM with VMware Tools installed and managed by Aria Operations with SDMP enabled may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the same VM.
Required action. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- CVE-2025-1976
Brocade Fabric OS
Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS Code Injection Vulnerability
due 2025-05-19 · CWE-94
$ cat CVE-2025-1976.txt
Description. Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS contains a code injection vulnerability that allows a local user with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary code with full root privileges.
Required action. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.