VDB
GHSA-h7h7-f9wh-xhj8
GHSA-h7h7-f9wh-xhj8
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published August 31, 2023
VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with man-in-the-middle (MITM) network positioning between vCenter server and the virtual machine may be able to bypass SAML token signature verification, to perform VMware Tools Guest Operations.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
- Aug 31, 2023 CVE Published
- Apr 10, 2026 Distribution Patch
- May 1, 2026 Security Advisory
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The same record, from the CLI:
vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-h7h7-f9wh-xhj8
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-h7h7-f9wh-xhj8
Or with curl, using the org id and key from your account page:
curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
"https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-h7h7-f9wh-xhj8/fixes/registry"
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20900 advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/31/1 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00000.html url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH url
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231013-0002 url
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493 url
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html url