New machines with vTPM have the same thumbprint in vSphere

New machines have the same vTPM thumbprint as the master image in vSphere. This can be seen using PowerCLI and comparing the machines with the following command: Get-VTpm -vm | Get-VTpmCertificate...

VMware Alert: Uninstall EAP Now - Critical Flaw Puts Active Directory at Risk

VMware is urging users to uninstall the deprecated Enhanced Authentication Plugin EAP following the discovery of a critical security flaw. Tracked as CVE-2024-22245 CVSS score: 9.6, the vulnerability has been described as an arbitrary authentication relay bug. "A malicious actor could trick a...

Vulnerability fixed in NetApp Active IQ Unified Manager

NetApp has fixed a vulnerability in the Spring Web Services component of Active IQ Unified Manager for Windows, Linux, and VMware vSphere. The vulnerability allows a malicious party to gain access to sensitive data, potentially to manipulate it, or to cause a denial-of-service. NetApp has release...

Security feature bypass

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...

VMXNET3 Drivers Missing From Recovery Media for Server 2022 vSphere VM

Challenge When attempting to perform a Bare Metal Restore on a vSphere VM using Veeam Recovery Media, which was created from a vSphere VM running Server 2022, the network adapter drivers fail to load. This issue persists despite having the 'Include hardware drivers from this computer' option...

CVE-2023-34058

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...

SureBackup Job Failure: "The resource 'VeeamBackup_' is in use."

Challenge A SureBackup job in a vSphere environment fails with the error: The resource 'VeeamBackup' is in use. The error as found in the SureBackup Job log%programdata%\Veeam\Backup\SureBackup\Job.SureBackup.log: Error Failed to connect backup datastore to the ESXi host "esx01.domain.tld"...

The vulnerability of the user interface of the integration plugin between SnapCenter and the VMware SnapCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere (SCV) allows a hacker to alter the email settings.

The vulnerability of the user interface of the integration plugin between SnapCenter and the VMware SnapCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere SCV is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to alter email settings remotely...

CVE-2023-27312

SnapCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere versions 4.6 prior to 4.9 are susceptible to a vulnerability which may allow authenticated unprivileged users to modify email and snapshot name settings within the VMware vSphere user interface...

CVE-2023-27312

SnapCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere versions 4.6 prior to 4.9 are susceptible to a vulnerability which may allow authenticated unprivileged users to modify email and snapshot name settings within the VMware vSphere user interface...

Code injection

SnapCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere versions 4.6 prior to 4.9 are susceptible to a vulnerability which may allow authenticated unprivileged users to modify email and snapshot name settings within the VMware vSphere user interface...

CVE-2023-27312 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in SnapCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere

SnapCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere versions 4.6 prior to 4.9 are susceptible to a vulnerability which may allow authenticated unprivileged users to modify email and snapshot name settings within the VMware vSphere user interface...

CVE-2023-27312 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in SnapCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere

SnapCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere versions 4.6 prior to 4.9 are susceptible to a vulnerability which may allow authenticated unprivileged users to modify email and snapshot name settings within the VMware vSphere user interface...

CVE-2023-27312

NetApp SnapCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere is vulnerable in versions 4.6 through 4.8 (and 4.6–4.9 context) due to insufficient access control, allowing authenticated unprivileged users to modify email and snapshot name settings in the vSphere UI. Affected component: SnapCenter Plugin for VMware ...

NetApp SnapCenter Security Vulnerability

NetApp SnapCenter is a suite of applications from Network Appliance NetApp that provides the ability to back up, verify, clone, and restore NetApp storage systems. A security vulnerability exists in SnapCenter versions 3.x and 4.x VMware vSphere versions prior to 4.9, which stems from a...

Privilege escalation

A flaw exists in VASA which allows users with access to a vSphere/ESXi VMware admin on a FlashArray to gain root access through privilege escalation...

CVE-2023-36628 Privilege Escalation in VASA

A flaw exists in VASA which allows users with access to a vSphere/ESXi VMware admin on a FlashArray to gain root access through privilege escalation...

CVE-2023-36628 Privilege Escalation in VASA

A flaw exists in VASA which allows users with access to a vSphere/ESXi VMware admin on a FlashArray to gain root access through privilege escalation...

Debian DSA-5493-1 : open-vm-tools - security update

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5493 advisory. - A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the...

CVE-2023-20900

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...