{"action":"Upgrade open-vm-tools to 2:12.1.0-1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"2:12.1.0-1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"open-vm-tools","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:13","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["2:12.1.0-1"],"id":"tcs_01M5NGQR1N1SEE2DCWM6FEQRPA","modified_at":"2026-10-15T08:02:30.413100474Z","published_at":"2022-08-23T20:15:08.903Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31676","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-31676"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7.8},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31676#Debian:13/open-vm-tools","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31676"}],"summary":"VMware Tools (12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the Guest OS can escalate privileges as a root u"}