Name: CVE-2023-20867: Improper Authentication
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2023-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2023-20867, CWE-287, Exploited in the Wild, CISA KEV Exploit, CVSS 3.9, EPSS 0.1353, CISA KEV

A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 3.9
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alma_linux	—	Upgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-test	Jul 17, 2023	Jun 13, 2023
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade open-vm-tools	Aug 22, 2024	Jun 13, 2023
Amazon Linux Ami 2	—	Upgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-devel	Jul 21, 2023	Jun 13, 2023
Amazon_linux_2023	—	Upgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-debugsourceUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-test-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-develUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfo	Feb 17, 2025	Jun 13, 2023
Centos_linux	—	Upgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-develUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-test	Jun 30, 2023	Jun 13, 2023
Debian	—	Upgrade open-vm-tools	Aug 18, 2023	Jun 13, 2023
Oracle_linux	—	Upgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-develUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop	Jun 30, 2023	Jun 13, 2023
Redhat_linux	—	Upgrade open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-debugsourceUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-develUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo	Jun 30, 2023	Jun 13, 2023
Rocky_linux	—	Upgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-test-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-debugsource	Mar 5, 2024	Jun 13, 2023
Suse	—	Upgrade libvmtools0Upgrade libvmtools-develUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minion	Jun 19, 2023	Jun 13, 2023
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Pro)	Jul 28, 2023	Jun 13, 2023
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	Jan 20, 2025	Jun 13, 2023
Vmware Vmware Tools	—	Update VMware Tools to the latest version	Jun 3, 2025	Jun 11, 2023

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