VMware Tools
19 CVEs tracked. 2 of them are in CISA KEV.
This hub aggregates every CVE we track for VMware Tools, a product in the cloud saas space. Use it to gauge the current risk picture and drill into individual advisories.
VMware Tools CVEs per month
| Month | CVEs |
|---|---|
| 2024-10 | 0 |
| 2024-11 | 0 |
| 2024-12 | 0 |
| 2025-01 | 0 |
| 2025-02 | 0 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 0 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 0 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 0 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 0 |
| 2025-11 | 0 |
| 2025-12 | 0 |
| 2026-01 | 0 |
| 2026-02 | 0 |
| 2026-03 | 0 |
| 2026-04 | 0 |
| 2026-05 | 0 |
| 2026-06 | 0 |
| 2026-07 | 0 |
| 2026-08 | 0 |
| 2026-09 | 0 |
Severity
How the 19 CVEs score on CVSS. Severity is not exploitation: KEV is counted above.
- High13
- Medium5
- Low1
Latest CVEs
The 15 most recently published vulnerabilities affecting VMware Tools.
- CVE-2025-41244VMSA-2025-0015: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41244,CVE-2025-41245, CVE-2025-41246)7.8
- CVE-2025-41246Improper authorisation vulnerability7.6
- CVE-2025-41239vSockets information-disclosure vulnerability7.1
- CVE-2025-22247Insecure file handling vulnerability6.1
- CVE-2025-22230Authentication bypass vulnerability7.8
- CVE-2023-34058VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-securit...7.1
- CVE-2023-34057VMware Tools contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user access to a guest virtual machine may elevate privileges within the virtual machine. 7.8
- CVE-2023-20900A 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 virtu...7.1
- CVE-2023-20867VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability3.9
- CVE-2022-31693VMware Tools for Windows (12.x.y prior to 12.1.5, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the VM3DMP driver. A malicious actor with local user privileges in the Windows gue...5.5
- CVE-2022-31676VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the Guest OS can escalate privileges as a roo...7.8
- CVE-2022-22977VMware Tools for Windows(12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative local user privileges in the Windows guest OS, whe...7.1
- CVE-2022-22943VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y and 10.x.y prior to 12.0.0) contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges in the Windows guest OS, wher...6.7
- CVE-2021-21999VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y prior to 11.2.6), VMware Remote Console for Windows (12.x prior to 12.0.1) , VMware App Volumes (2.x prior to 2.18.10 and 4 prior to 2103) contain a local privilege...7.8
- CVE-2021-21997VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y prior to 11.3.0) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the VM3DMP driver. A malicious actor with local user privileges in the Windows guest operating system...5.5
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