CVE-2023-20900
open-vm-tools: A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsp...
CVE-2023-20900 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by open-vm-tools 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2, released August 30, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
High
CVSS
7.5
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0148
74th percentile
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 .
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| open-vm-tools · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-20900 | Aug 31, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 2:12.3.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-20900 | Aug 31, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · Debian 14 | 2:12.3.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-20900 | Aug 31, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · RHEL 8 | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3 | RHSA-2023:5312 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · RHEL 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.3 | RHSA-2023:5313 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2 | open-vm-tools 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2 | Aug 30, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6 | open-vm-tools 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6 | Aug 30, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 | open-vm-tools 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 | Aug 30, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · almalinux 8 | 12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.alma.1 | ALSA-2023:5312 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · almalinux 9 | 12.1.5-1.el9_2.3.alma.1 | ALSA-2023:5313 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · amzn 2023 | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-350 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · ol 8 | 0:12.1.5-2.0.2.el8_8.3 | ELSA-2023-5312 | Sep 22, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · ol 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el9_2.3 | ELSA-2023-5313 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · rocky 8 | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3 | RLSA-2023:5312 | Sep 26, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools · rocky 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.3 | RLSA-2023:5313 | Sep 26, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-containerinfo · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 | open-vm-tools-containerinfo 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 | Aug 30, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-350 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-350 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · RHEL 8 | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3 | RHSA-2023:5312 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · RHEL 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.3 | RHSA-2023:5313 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2 | open-vm-tools-desktop 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2 | Aug 30, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6 | open-vm-tools-desktop 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6 | Aug 30, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 | open-vm-tools-desktop 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 | Aug 30, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · almalinux 8 | 12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.alma.1 | ALSA-2023:5312 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · almalinux 9 | 12.1.5-1.el9_2.3.alma.1 | ALSA-2023:5313 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · amzn 2023 | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-350 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · ol 8 | 0:12.1.5-2.0.2.el8_8.3 | ELSA-2023-5312 | Sep 22, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop · ol 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el9_2.3 | ELSA-2023-5313 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-350 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-devel · amzn 2023 | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-350 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · RHEL 8 | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3 | RHSA-2023:5312 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · RHEL 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.3 | RHSA-2023:5313 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 | Aug 30, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · almalinux 8 | 12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.alma.1 | ALSA-2023:5312 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · almalinux 9 | 12.1.5-1.el9_2.3.alma.1 | ALSA-2023:5313 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · amzn 2023 | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-350 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · ol 8 | 0:12.1.5-2.0.2.el8_8.3 | ELSA-2023-5312 | Sep 22, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-salt-minion · ol 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el9_2.3 | ELSA-2023-5313 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · RHEL 8 | 0:12.1.5-2.el8_8.3 | RHSA-2023:5312 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · RHEL 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.3 | RHSA-2023:5313 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6 | open-vm-tools-sdmp 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6 | Aug 30, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 | open-vm-tools-sdmp 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 | Aug 30, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · almalinux 8 | 12.1.5-2.el8_8.3.alma.1 | ALSA-2023:5312 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · almalinux 9 | 12.1.5-1.el9_2.3.alma.1 | ALSA-2023:5313 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · amzn 2023 | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-350 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · ol 8 | 0:12.1.5-2.0.2.el8_8.3 | ELSA-2023-5312 | Sep 22, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp · ol 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el9_2.3 | ELSA-2023-5313 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-350 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-test · RHEL 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.el9_2.3 | RHSA-2023:5313 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-test · almalinux 9 | 12.1.5-1.el9_2.3.alma.1 | ALSA-2023:5313 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-test · amzn 2023 | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-350 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-test · ol 9 | 0:12.1.5-1.0.2.el9_2.3 | ELSA-2023-5313 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 12.3.0-1.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-350 | Sep 14, 2023 |
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