[ALSA-2025:17509] Important: open-vm-tools security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2025-10-08
Description:
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. Security Fix(es): * open-vm-tools: Local privilege escalation in open-vm-tools (CVE-2025-41244) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Updated packages listed below:
Architecture Package Checksum
x86_64 open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.3.5-2.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm 495972eb998dafacdc942f181e63982a6e13face20308def9d97dd5da4119fd4
x86_64 open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.3.5-2.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm 552b530636a43a1152aed655a244d30ecd425115d1bbba4e826a38011461bae9
x86_64 open-vm-tools-12.3.5-2.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm 89999aaf5a42586daf57b5c6c9e599544feceb7bfb2194097ded3407397b5dea
x86_64 open-vm-tools-desktop-12.3.5-2.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm d60c64bf2dc576e3790442691e8d848232316dd349a89f70606134db0c426795
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.