CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Directory

Explore every threat in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, enhanced with plain-English executive analysis, AWS relevance, and technical remediation guidance.

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CVE Vendor Product Added Due Status
CVE-2023-20867 — VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
VMware Tools contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module. A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine. An attacker must have root access over ESXi to exploit this vulnerability.
VMware Tools Jun 23, 2023 Jul 14, 2023

CVE-2023-20867 — VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

VMware Tools contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module. A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine. An attacker must have root access over ESXi to exploit this vulnerability.

Tools · Jun 23, 2023