CVE-2023-20867

Producto

VMware / Tools

Vulnerabilidad

VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Añadido a KEV

23 jun 2023

Remediar antes de

14 jul 2023

Uso conocido en ransomware

No

Descripción resumida

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.

Acción requerida

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notas

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20867