CVE-2023-20867
CISA KEV
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Priority: 0.00
BB Relevance:
3/100
Published: N/A
Modified: N/A
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: pending_score
Description
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.
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Vendor / Product
VMware — Tools
Date Added
2023-06-23
Remediation Due
2023-07-14
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20867