vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-20900: Important priority package update for open-vm-tools
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 31, 2023 | Feb 17, 2025 | Jul 4, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 31, 2023
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 4, 2025
Description
A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html .
An improper signature verification flaw was found in open-vm-tools that may lead to a bypass of SAML token signature. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias.
An improper signature verification flaw was found in open-vm-tools that may lead to a bypass of SAML token signature. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias.
Solutions
amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-toolsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktopamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-salt-minionamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmpamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-testamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo
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