A security update for AlmaLinux 10 has been released, which addresses an important vulnerability in Open-VM-Tools. The issue, identified as CVE-2025-41244, allows for local privilege escalation and has been patched by the AlmaLinux team.

ALSA-2025:17429: open-vm-tools security update (Important)

ALSA-2025:17429: open-vm-tools security update (Important)

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AlmaLinux: 10
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2025-10-08

Summary:

The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines.

Security Fix(es):

* open-vm-tools: Local privilege escalation in open-vm-tools (CVE-2025-41244)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2025-17429.html

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