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        "name": "open-vm-tools",
        "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/open-vm-tools?arch=source"
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        "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/open-vm-tools?arch=source"
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      "package": {
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        "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/open-vm-tools?arch=source"
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        "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.21",
        "name": "open-vm-tools",
        "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/open-vm-tools?arch=source"
      },
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              "introduced": "0"
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.22",
        "name": "open-vm-tools",
        "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/open-vm-tools?arch=source"
      },
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.23",
        "name": "open-vm-tools",
        "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/open-vm-tools?arch=source"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            {
              "fixed": "12.3.0-r0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.24",
        "name": "open-vm-tools",
        "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/open-vm-tools?arch=source"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            {
              "fixed": "12.3.0-r0"
            }
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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  "details": "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 .",
  "id": "ALPINE-CVE-2023-20900",
  "modified": "2026-11-03T06:17:58.965685355Z",
  "published": "2023-08-31T10:15:08.247Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-20900"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-20900"
  ]
}