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RHBA-2026:0860

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2026-01-20 14:46 - Updated: 2026-01-22 12:57

Summary

Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: open-vm-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Notes

Topic

An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Details

The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines. Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s): * Backport of CVE-2025-22247 to 8.10 (JIRA:RHEL-129361)

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            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
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            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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      ],
      "threats": [
        {
          "category": "impact",
          "details": "Moderate"
        }
      ],
      "title": "open-vm-tools: Insecure file handling"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2025-22247 (GCVE-0-2025-22247)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-12 10:46 – Updated: 2025-11-18 20:05

Title

Insecure file handling vulnerability

Summary

VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may tamper the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.

Severity ?

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Assigner

vmware

References

URL

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	VMware Tools	Affected: 12.x.x, 11.x.x , < 12.5.2 (custom)

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted

RHBA-2026:0860

CVE-2025-22247 (GCVE-0-2025-22247)

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature