vulnerability

VMware VMware Tools: CVE-2023-20867: VMware Tools update addresses Authentication Bypass vulnerability

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jun 11, 2023
Added
Jun 3, 2025
Modified
Jul 3, 2025

Description

VMware Tools contains an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module. 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.

Solution

vmware-tools-upgrade-latest
Title
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