VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
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 this vulnerability.
- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- Tools
- CVSS
- 3.9
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 13.5%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
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 this vulnerability.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-06-23. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2023-07-14.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.