CVE-2025-22247 Affecting libvmtools-devel package, versions <12.5.2-150600.3.12.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-LIBVMTOOLSDEVEL-10223516
  • published22 May 2025
  • disclosed16 May 2025

Introduced: 16 May 2025

CVE-2025-22247  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 libvmtools-devel to version 12.5.2-150600.3.12.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvmtools-devel package and not the libvmtools-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may tamper the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1