# VMware tools.

Every CVE that names VMware tools among its affected products, newest first. Vendors and products are as the CNA wrote them.

## Records, newest first

- [VMSA-2025-0015: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41244,CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/CVE-2025-41244.md)
  `CVE-2025-41244` · CVE record: VMware VCF operations and 4 more · CVSS 7.8 High · Critical (KEV) · In CISA KEV · Not analysed yet · Published 29 Sept 2025 · Tags: Privilege escalation
- [Improper authorisation vulnerability](https://agentprime.io/advisories/CVE-2025-41246.md)
  `CVE-2025-41246` · CVE record: VMware Tools · CVSS 7.6 High · Not analysed yet · Published 29 Sept 2025 · Tags: Broken access control
- [vSockets information-disclosure vulnerability](https://agentprime.io/advisories/CVE-2025-41239.md)
  `CVE-2025-41239` · CVE record: VMware ESXi and 4 more · CVSS 7.1 High · Not analysed yet · Published 15 Jul 2025 · Tags: Memory corruption
- [Insecure file handling vulnerability](https://agentprime.io/advisories/CVE-2025-22247.md)
  `CVE-2025-22247` · CVE record: VMware Tools · CVSS 6.1 Medium · Not analysed yet · Published 12 May 2025 · Tags: Path traversal
- [Authentication bypass vulnerability](https://agentprime.io/advisories/CVE-2025-22230.md)
  `CVE-2025-22230` · CVE record: VMware Tools · CVSS 7.8 High · Not analysed yet · Published 25 Mar 2025 · Tags: Authentication bypass
- [Improper signature verification in VMware Tools and others](https://agentprime.io/advisories/CVE-2023-34058.md)
  `CVE-2023-34058` · CVE record: VMware Tools and 1 more · CVSS 7.1 High · Not analysed yet · Published 27 Oct 2023 · Tags: Weak cryptography or TLS
- [Improper privilege management in VMware Tools](https://agentprime.io/advisories/CVE-2023-34057.md)
  `CVE-2023-34057` · CVE record: VMware Tools · CVSS 7.8 High · Not analysed yet · Published 27 Oct 2023 · Tags: Privilege escalation
- [A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https\://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual ma…](https://agentprime.io/advisories/CVE-2023-20900.md)
  `CVE-2023-20900` · CVE record: VMware Tools and 1 more · CVSS 7.1 High · Not analysed yet · Published 31 Aug 2023
- [VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability](https://agentprime.io/advisories/CVE-2023-20867.md)
  `CVE-2023-20867` · CVE record: VMware VMware Tools · CVSS 3.9 Low · Critical (KEV) · In CISA KEV · EPSS 0.14 · Not analysed yet · Published 13 Jun 2023 · Tags: Authentication bypass
- [VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.](https://agentprime.io/advisories/CVE-2022-31676.md)
  `CVE-2022-31676` · CVE record: VMware Tools · No CVSS score · Not analysed yet · Published 23 Aug 2022
- [VMware Tools (10.x and prior before 10.3.0) contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in HGFS.](https://agentprime.io/advisories/CVE-2018-6969.md)
  `CVE-2018-6969` · CVE record: VMware VMware Tools · No CVSS score · Not analysed yet · Published 13 Jul 2018
- [VMware Tools: VMware Tools prior to 10.0.9 contains multiple file system races in libDeployPkg…](https://agentprime.io/advisories/CVE-2015-5191.md)
  `CVE-2015-5191` · CVE record: VMware VMware Tools · No CVSS score · Not analysed yet · Published 28 Jul 2017

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