{"schema_version": "1.7.0", "id": "RLSA-2025:17429", "modified": "2025-10-08T17:12:51.089493Z", "published": "2025-10-08T17:10:30.112469Z", "upstream": ["CVE-2025-41244"], "summary": "Important: open-vm-tools security update", "details": "The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* open-vm-tools: Local privilege escalation in open-vm-tools (CVE-2025-41244)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.", "severity": [{"type": "CVSS_V3", "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}], "affected": [{"package": {"ecosystem": "Rocky Linux:10", "name": "open-vm-tools", "purl": "pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/open-vm-tools?distro=rocky-linux-10-0&epoch=0"}, "ranges": [{"type": "ECOSYSTEM", "events": [{"introduced": "0"}, {"fixed": "0:12.5.0-1.el10_0.1"}], "database_specific": {"yum_repository": "AppStream"}}]}], "references": [{"type": "ADVISORY", "url": "https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:17429"}, {"type": "REPORT", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2397752"}], "credits": [{"name": "Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"}, {"name": "Red Hat"}]}