SUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2026:20067-1 (open-vm-tools)

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openSUSE-SU-2026:20067-1: important: Security update of open-vm-tools
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openSUSE security update: security update of open-vm-tools
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20067-1
Rating: important
References:

  * bsc#1250373
  * bsc#1250692



Cross-References:

  * CVE-2025-41244



CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2025-41244 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2025-41244 ( SUSE ): 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products:

         openSUSE Leap 16.0

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An update that solves one vulnerability and has 2 bug fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:

Update to open-vm-tools 13.0.5 based on build 24915695. (boo#1250692):

Please refer to the Release Notes at
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0....

The granular changes that have gone into the open-vm-tools 13.0.5 release
are in the ChangeLog at
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0....

There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 13.0.5 release. This is
primarily a maintenance release that addresses a security issue.

This release resolves and includes the patch for CVE-2025-41244. For more
information on this vulnerability and its impact on Broadcom products,
see VMSA-2025-0015.

A minor enhancement has been made for Guest OS Customization. The
DeployPkg plugin has been updated to use "systemctl reboot", if available.

For a more complete list of issues addressed in this release, see the
What's New and Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.


Patch instructions:

   To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

   zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-158=1

Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

  libvmtools-devel-13.0.5-160000.1.1
  libvmtools0-13.0.5-160000.1.1
  open-vm-tools-13.0.5-160000.1.1
  open-vm-tools-containerinfo-13.0.5-160000.1.1
  open-vm-tools-desktop-13.0.5-160000.1.1
  open-vm-tools-salt-minion-13.0.5-160000.1.1
  open-vm-tools-sdmp-13.0.5-160000.1.1

References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-41244.html