Unrated severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Jun 13, 2023· Updated Oct 21, 2025
VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
CVE-2023-20867
Description
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.
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Affected products
36- osv-coords34 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-toolspkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-desktoppkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-salt-minionpkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-sdmppkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-testpkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2
< 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma+ 33 more
- (no CPE)range: < 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma
- (no CPE)range: < 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma
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- (no CPE)range: < 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma
- (no CPE)range: < 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150200.5.16.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150100.4.37.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150200.5.16.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-4.53.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150100.4.37.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150200.5.16.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-4.53.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150100.4.37.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150200.5.16.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.0-150300.29.1
- Range: 12.2.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/11mitre
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/2mitre
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00020.htmlmitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/mitre
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230725-0001/mitre
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493mitre
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.htmlmitre
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