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Exploit for VMware Zero-Day Flaws Likely Built a Year Before Public Disclosure

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Published 2026-01-09 11:34 UTCUpdated 2026-01-09 13:28 UTC
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Huntress analysis suggests VM escape bugs were already weaponized in the wild Chinese-linked cybercriminals were sitting on a working VMware ESXi hypervisor escape kit more than a year before the bugs it relied on were made public.….

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China-linked cybercrims abused VMware ESXi zero-days a year before disclosure
theregister_security · go.theregister.com · 2026-01-09 13:28 UTC
Exploit for VMware Zero-Day Flaws Likely Built a Year Before Public Disclosure
SecurityWeek · securityweek.com · 2026-01-09 11:34 UTC
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