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CVE-2023-20867

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.

Published

2023-06-13T17:15:14.070

Last Modified

2025-10-28T13:46:56.110

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 3.9 (LOW)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-287
Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	vmware	tools	< 12.2.5	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	11.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	12.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	37	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	38	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	39	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/11 Mailing List, Patch ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/2 Mailing List, Patch ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/ Mailing List, Release Notes ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/ Mailing List, Release Notes ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/ Mailing List, Release Notes ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230725-0001/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/11 Mailing List, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/2 Mailing List, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/ Mailing List, Release Notes (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/ Mailing List, Release Notes (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/ Mailing List, Release Notes (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230725-0001/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-20867 US Government Resource (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)