{"id":"ALSA-2025:17429","summary":"Important: open-vm-tools security update","details":"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.  \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * open-vm-tools: Local privilege escalation in open-vm-tools (CVE-2025-41244)\n\n\nFor 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.\n","modified":"2026-02-04T04:24:20.223260Z","published":"2025-10-07T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2025-41244"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17429"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-41244"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2397752"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2025-17429.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.5.0-1.el10_0.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2025:17429.json"}},{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools-desktop","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-desktop"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.5.0-1.el10_0.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2025:17429.json"}},{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools-salt-minion","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-salt-minion"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.5.0-1.el10_0.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2025:17429.json"}},{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools-sdmp","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-sdmp"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.5.0-1.el10_0.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2025:17429.json"}},{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools-test","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-test"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.5.0-1.el10_0.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2025:17429.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}