The Quarterly Threat Landscape Report is out. See what attackers are targeting now.Read report
VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation 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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools | Oct 10, 2025 | Oct 7, 2025 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-develUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minion | May 20, 2026 | May 20, 2026 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-develUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-test-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-debugsourceUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop | Oct 16, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools | Oct 2, 2025 | Oct 2, 2025 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2026115 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Feb 25, 2026 | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmp | Oct 9, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-test-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-debugsourceUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo | Oct 8, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-debugsourceUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo | Feb 5, 2026 | Oct 8, 2025 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-containerinfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade libvmtools-develUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade libvmtools0 | Dec 5, 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Pro) | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 |
| Vmware Aria Operations | — | Upgrade VMware Aria Operations to the latest version | Oct 1, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 8, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 |
| Vmware Vmware Tools | — | Update VMware Tools to the latest version | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 |
With curated Threat Intelligence, you can see which vulnerabilities truly put you at risk, prioritize what matters most, and act before attackers do.
Explore Intelligence Hub