CVE-2023-20867

open-vm-tools: A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the...

CVE-2023-20867 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by open-vm-tools 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1, released June 12, 2023. It is being exploited: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on June 23, 2023. Patch Radar priority: Patch now.

Patch nowCISA KEV
CVSS
3.9
low
Exploitation
Exploited
Listed by CISA
CISA KEV
Jun 23, 2023
Federal due date Jul 14, 2023
EPSS
0.1364
96th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
open-vm-tools · Debian 11.6 (bullseye) 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u2 DSA-5493-1 Sep 10, 2023
open-vm-tools · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u1 DSA-5493-1 Sep 10, 2023
open-vm-tools · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 2:12.2.5-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-20867 Jun 13, 2023
open-vm-tools · Debian 14 2:12.2.5-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-20867 Jun 13, 2023
open-vm-tools · RHEL 8 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8 RHSA-2023:3949 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools · RHEL 9 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.1 RHSA-2023:3948 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1 open-vm-tools 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1 Jun 12, 2023
open-vm-tools · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5 open-vm-tools 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5 Jun 12, 2023
open-vm-tools · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 open-vm-tools 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 Jun 12, 2023
open-vm-tools · almalinux 8 12.1.5-2.el8_8.alma ALSA-2023:3949 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools · almalinux 9 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma ALSA-2023:3948 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools · amzn 2023 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-259 Jul 17, 2023
open-vm-tools · ol 8 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el8 ELSA-2023-3949 Jul 7, 2023
open-vm-tools · ol 9 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el9 ELSA-2023-3948 Jul 7, 2023
open-vm-tools · rocky 8 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8 RLSA-2023:3949 Jul 8, 2023
open-vm-tools · rocky 9 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.1 RLSA-2023:3948 Jul 8, 2023
open-vm-tools-containerinfo · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 open-vm-tools-containerinfo 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 Jun 12, 2023
open-vm-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-259 Jul 17, 2023
open-vm-tools-debugsource · amzn 2023 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-259 Jul 17, 2023
open-vm-tools-desktop · RHEL 8 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8 RHSA-2023:3949 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools-desktop · RHEL 9 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.1 RHSA-2023:3948 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools-desktop · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1 open-vm-tools-desktop 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1 Jun 12, 2023
open-vm-tools-desktop · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5 open-vm-tools-desktop 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5 Jun 12, 2023
open-vm-tools-desktop · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 open-vm-tools-desktop 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 Jun 12, 2023
open-vm-tools-desktop · almalinux 8 12.1.5-2.el8_8.alma ALSA-2023:3949 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools-desktop · almalinux 9 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma ALSA-2023:3948 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools-desktop · amzn 2023 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-259 Jul 17, 2023
open-vm-tools-desktop · ol 8 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el8 ELSA-2023-3949 Jul 7, 2023
open-vm-tools-desktop · ol 9 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el9 ELSA-2023-3948 Jul 7, 2023
open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo · amzn 2023 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-259 Jul 17, 2023
open-vm-tools-devel · amzn 2023 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-259 Jul 17, 2023
open-vm-tools-salt-minion · RHEL 8 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8 RHSA-2023:3949 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools-salt-minion · RHEL 9 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.1 RHSA-2023:3948 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools-salt-minion · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 open-vm-tools-salt-minion 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 Jun 12, 2023
open-vm-tools-salt-minion · almalinux 8 12.1.5-2.el8_8.alma ALSA-2023:3949 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools-salt-minion · almalinux 9 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma ALSA-2023:3948 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools-salt-minion · amzn 2023 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-259 Jul 17, 2023
open-vm-tools-salt-minion · ol 8 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el8 ELSA-2023-3949 Jul 7, 2023
open-vm-tools-salt-minion · ol 9 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el9 ELSA-2023-3948 Jul 7, 2023
open-vm-tools-sdmp · RHEL 8 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8 RHSA-2023:3949 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools-sdmp · RHEL 9 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.1 RHSA-2023:3948 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools-sdmp · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5 open-vm-tools-sdmp 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5 Jun 12, 2023
open-vm-tools-sdmp · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 open-vm-tools-sdmp 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 Jun 12, 2023
open-vm-tools-sdmp · almalinux 8 12.1.5-2.el8_8.alma ALSA-2023:3949 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools-sdmp · almalinux 9 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma ALSA-2023:3948 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools-sdmp · amzn 2023 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-259 Jul 17, 2023
open-vm-tools-sdmp · ol 8 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el8 ELSA-2023-3949 Jul 7, 2023
open-vm-tools-sdmp · ol 9 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el9 ELSA-2023-3948 Jul 7, 2023
open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo · amzn 2023 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-259 Jul 17, 2023
open-vm-tools-test · RHEL 9 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.1 RHSA-2023:3948 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools-test · almalinux 9 12.1.5-1.el9_2.1.alma ALSA-2023:3948 Jun 29, 2023
open-vm-tools-test · amzn 2023 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-259 Jul 17, 2023
open-vm-tools-test · ol 9 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el9 ELSA-2023-3948 Jul 7, 2023
open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo · amzn 2023 12.2.5-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-259 Jul 17, 2023

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