Recommended update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2026:20677-1
Release Date: 2026-03-04T15:30:53Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-41244 ( SUSE ): 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-41244 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-41244 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:

  • update to 13.0.10 based on build 25056151 (boo#1257357):
    • There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 13.0.10 release.
    • This is primarily a maintenance release that addresses a fix.
    • A minor enhancement has been made for Guest OS Customization.
    • The DeployPkg plugin has been updated to handle a new cloud-init error code that signals a recoverable error and allow cloud-init to finish running.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-425=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (x86_64)
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-13.0.10-slfo.1.1_1.1
    • libvmtools0-13.0.10-slfo.1.1_1.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-13.0.10-slfo.1.1_1.1
    • open-vm-tools-13.0.10-slfo.1.1_1.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-13.0.10-slfo.1.1_1.1

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