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vulnerabilityCVE-2023-20900
Name
CVE-2023-20900
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html  in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html .
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
-
Advisories

Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
open-vm-tools
Patched

Vulnerability Ratings#


7.1
CVSSv31
7.5
CVSSv31

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
11.3.5-18557794
Not Affected
buildroot
master
11.3.5-18557794
Not Affected
yocto
master
13.0.10
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
12.3.5
Not Affected

Resolved with patches#


open-vm-tools (yocto:kirkstone)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
Allow only X509 certs to verify the SAML token signature.
Katy Feng <fkaty@vmware.com>
CVE-2023-20900