[ALSA-2025:17428] Important: open-vm-tools security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2025-10-13
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
aarch64 open-vm-tools-test-12.5.0-1.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm 90ea1f2cc57f2116b9358c911d6a29ad824996c1b3975b69222b40a6e39d5e68
aarch64 open-vm-tools-12.5.0-1.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm b7acb1470076746b7af2b90ef2886323627a144e030bc32b9c3d49128ffab5da
aarch64 open-vm-tools-desktop-12.5.0-1.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm c206c4912934a8c7309caccd8b7cafd827bb3ee0a221563a61000c0481c48d98
x86_64 open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.5.0-1.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm 3d00ab1709081c7b598c10e13376d795c175eb8786d0748aa921aab2f29c18e9
x86_64 open-vm-tools-desktop-12.5.0-1.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm 3f10999693f55a7ecf83c9ef5a62ec757d67db6feb459791ee4b707a020d52d4
x86_64 open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.5.0-1.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm a4b687026052de6bd5200fa606e93a2217840b8b6ed5fb441d42d59cc72ad34b
x86_64 open-vm-tools-test-12.5.0-1.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm b143bb6a804f6bc76a91181820df7571e0ec98821b745dfacebce2e1d2b6b801
x86_64 open-vm-tools-12.5.0-1.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm b5f67b5d84ba3855d5b098adc267b418ed14c3b544b04f6b6d9d551d05dbcce7
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.