USN-6365-1

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    USN-6365-1

    Published: 13 Sept 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: open-vm-tools vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled SAML tokens. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass SAML token signature verification and perform VMware Tools Guest Operations.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6365-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-20900

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: open-vm-tools

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6?arch=source&distro=focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.6

    Affected versions

    2:10.3.10-3ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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