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CVE-2025-22247VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: open-vm-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database

0

Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 18% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 20 Jan 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/open-vm-toolspkg:rpm/redhat/open-vm-toolsOther threatsAffected
  • >=8.0.0 <=8.10
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released official bug fix updates for open-vm-tools that address CVE-2025-22247. Users should apply the updates available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 and 9 as detailed in the Red Hat advisories RHBA-2026:0860 and RHBA-2025:20841. Instructions for applying these updates are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these updates will remediate the vulnerability.

Description

A medium severity vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-22247 affects the open-vm-tools package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 8.0.0 through 8.10 and version 9. The vulnerability relates to a bug tracked under CWE-266 and has been addressed by Red Hat through bug fix advisories. Updates including the fix are available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9. No known exploits are reported in the wild.

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