Today September 03, 2026 Broadcom has released VMware Workstation Pro 26H1u1. It can be downloaded from the wonderfully user friendly Broadcom website 
VMware Workstation Pro 26H1u1 contains security and bug fixes.
* The Capsule PK Update driver triggering the PK update is introduced in VMware Tools 13.1.5 for most Windows versions. Before upgrading to VMware Tools 13.1.5 or later, to allow the installation of the PK update driver, you must install the July 2026 or a later update Windows Cumulative Update on the guest OS.
When on your host operating system, you right-click the VMware Workstation system notification icon, the context menu displays English text on French and Spanish operating systems. This issue is fixed in this release.
When a guest operating system disables its monitors, VMware Workstation cannot grab input.
When a guest operating system disables all monitors, for example, in response to a power management event, VMware Workstation sometimes blocks users from grabbing input to wake the guest. This issue is fixed in this release.
With hardware acceleration enabled, the virtual machine UI shrinks to the upper-left corner of the console.
After you switch in between the Hometab and the My Computertab of powered-on virtual machines, the VM UI shrinks to the size of a thumbnail in the upper-left corner of the console. This issue occurs when the Allow Hardware Acceleration for all virtual machinescheck box is selected in Preferences -> Display. This issue is fixed in this release.
What's New
VMware Workstation Pro 26H1u1 contains security and bug fixes.
- Automated Secure Boot Platform Key remediation:
Introducing new capabilities to simplify Virtual Machine Platform Key (PK) remediation and address Microsoft Secure Boot certificate expiration.- Silent Platform Key Update in ESX: During a guest reboot, this option updates automatically the invalid VMW.NULLPK on Secure Boot-enabled and non-vTPM virtual machines.
- Capsule Platform Key Update: During a guest reboot without interrupting TPM-based applications, this option enables a secure mechanism to safely update the invalid VMW.NULLPK on Secure Boot-enabled and vTPM-enabled Windows virtual machines. *
- This release resolves CVE-2026-59346 and CVE-2026-59347. For more information on these vulnerabilities and their impact on Broadcom products, see VMSA-2026-0007.
- Automated Secure Boot Platform Key remediation:
* The Capsule PK Update driver triggering the PK update is introduced in VMware Tools 13.1.5 for most Windows versions. Before upgrading to VMware Tools 13.1.5 or later, to allow the installation of the PK update driver, you must install the July 2026 or a later update Windows Cumulative Update on the guest OS.
Resolved Issues
The system notification icon context menu is not localized for French and SpanishWhen on your host operating system, you right-click the VMware Workstation system notification icon, the context menu displays English text on French and Spanish operating systems. This issue is fixed in this release.
When a guest operating system disables its monitors, VMware Workstation cannot grab input.
When a guest operating system disables all monitors, for example, in response to a power management event, VMware Workstation sometimes blocks users from grabbing input to wake the guest. This issue is fixed in this release.
With hardware acceleration enabled, the virtual machine UI shrinks to the upper-left corner of the console.
After you switch in between the Hometab and the My Computertab of powered-on virtual machines, the VM UI shrinks to the size of a thumbnail in the upper-left corner of the console. This issue occurs when the Allow Hardware Acceleration for all virtual machinescheck box is selected in Preferences -> Display. This issue is fixed in this release.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 11AMD Ryzen 9 5950XCorsair Vengeance LPX CMK32GX4M2B3200C16 (64 GB)Asus ProArt RTX 5070 Ti OC
- OS
- Windows 11
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
- Motherboard
- Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming
- Memory
- Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK32GX4M2B3200C16 (64 GB)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Asus ProArt RTX 5070 Ti OC
- Sound Card
- Sound Blaster AE-9
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x Dell UltraSharp U2413f
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1200
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 990 Pro (2000 GB, M.2 2280)
Seagate Barracuda Pro (12TB, 3.5")
Seagate Exos X12 512E (12TB, 3.5")
WD Red Plus (12 TB, 3.5", CMR)
Corsair Force MP510 M.2 NVME SSD (1788 GB)
Samsung SSD 870 EVO 2TB (SATA)
- PSU
- Seasonic Vertex PX-1000 (1000 W)
- Case
- Corsair Obsidian 750D
- Cooling
- Deepcool GamerStorm Captain 240 Pro (12cm)
- Keyboard
- Logitech G910
- Mouse
- Logitech G502
- Internet Speed
- 1000 Mbit/s (synchronous)
- Browser
- Firefox, Vivaldi
- Antivirus
- GDATA Internet Security
