{"id":"ALSA-2025:A001","summary":"Moderate: 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:A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest virtual machine (VM) may tamper with the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM. (CVE-2025-22247)\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.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:26:14.672336Z","published":"2025-06-20T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2025-22247"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22247"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2364261"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-A001.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2025:A001.json"}},{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools-desktop","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-desktop"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2025:A001.json"}},{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools-devel","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-devel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2025:A001.json"}},{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools-salt-minion","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-salt-minion"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2025:A001.json"}},{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools-sdmp","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-sdmp"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2025:A001.json"}},{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools-test","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-test"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.3.5-2.el8.alma.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2025:A001.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}