VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2023-20867
CVSS score3.9 LOW
EPSS probability13.64%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2023-06-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Known Exploited Vulnerability
VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Vendor / product: VMware / Tools
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- security@vmware.com: CWE-287
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo
Primary references
- security@vmware.com — Mailing List, Patch
- security@vmware.com — Mailing List, Patch
- security@vmware.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@vmware.com — Mailing List, Release Notes
- security@vmware.com — Mailing List, Release Notes
- security@vmware.com — Mailing List, Release Notes
- security@vmware.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@vmware.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@vmware.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Patch
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Patch
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory