Low (3.9) in VMware Tools. In CISA KEV since 2023-06-23. EPSS 14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
3.9 low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)