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CVE-2023-20867 VMware Tools

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. An attacker must have root access over ESXi to exploit…

CVSS
not scored

CWE-287

On CISA’s exploited list

VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Added
2023-06-23
Federal patch deadline
2023-07-14
Ransomware use
not known

Actors known to use it (MITRE ATT&CK)