open-vm-tools-salt-minion (AlmaLinux:8) — known CVEs & security advisories

Known CVE vulnerabilities and GitHub Security Advisories affecting the AlmaLinux:8 package open-vm-tools-salt-minion, with affected version ranges, CVSS severity, EPSS exploit prediction, and CISA KEV status.

CVEs (6)

• CVE-2025-41244 — CVSS 7.8 (high) — actively exploited: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious local actor with non-administrative…
• CVE-2023-34059 — CVSS 7.4 (high): open-vm-tools contains a file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper. A malicious actor with non-root privileges…
• CVE-2023-20900 — CVSS 7.1 (high): A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952…
• CVE-2023-34058 — CVSS 7.1 (high): VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges…
• CVE-2025-22247 — CVSS 6.1 (medium): VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may…
• CVE-2023-20867 — CVSS 3.9 (low) — actively exploited: A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and…