7.5

CVE-2023-34058: debian debian_linux

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-34058DEBIAN-CVE-2023-34058
Published 27-10-2023Last modified 06-03-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-34058 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.67%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 20 · Related 7

Timeline

  1. 27-10-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. 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 .

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.67%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 0.67% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.67%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • open-vm-tools< 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2 | < 2:12.3.5-1
  • debian_linuxEOL10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0
Vmware2 products
Fedoraproject1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • open-vm-tools< 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 | < 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm3 | < 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7 | < 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.4

4 vendors · 6 products

References

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