Is CVE-2025-22247 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-22247 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-22247?

CVE-2025-22247 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-22247?

CVE-2025-22247 has an EPSS score of 0.25% (16th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-22247?

Upgrade open-vm-tools on debian 11 to 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u4 or later. Fixes are available for 22 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-22247

MEDIUM

6.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-59Link Following

How to fix

Remediation Available

open-vm-toolsDebian

Fixed in:2:11.2.5-2+deb11u4CVE-2025-22247

Fixed in:2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3CVE-2025-22247

Fixed in:2:12.5.0-2CVE-2025-22247

open-vm-toolsRocky

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-toolsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-desktopRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-desktopRocky

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-salt-minionRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-salt-minionRocky

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-sdmpRocky

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-sdmpRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-testRocky

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-testRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-test-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-tools-test-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:12.3.5-2.el8_10.2RHBA-2026:0860

Fixed in:0:13.0.0-1.el9_7.1RHBA-2025:20841

open-vm-toolsUbuntu

Fixed in:2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5USN-7508-2

Fixed in:2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm4USN-7508-2

Fixed in:2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.8USN-7508-1

Fixed in:2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2USN-7508-1

Fixed in:2:12.4.5-1~ubuntu0.24.04.2USN-7508-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

16thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 16% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references8

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