Summary
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.
Fixed packages 5
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 9 | open-vm-tools | 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | open-vm-tools-desktop | 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | open-vm-tools-salt-minion | 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | open-vm-tools-sdmp | 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | open-vm-tools-test | 12.5.0-1.el9_6.2 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
VMSA-2025-0015: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41244,CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246)
VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious local actor with non-administrative privileges having access to a VM with VMware Tools installed and managed by Aria Operations with SDMP enabled may explo…
KEV Oct 30, 2025