<ul><li>Broadcom released security updates to address a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability, CVE-2025-22230, in VMware Tools for Windows.</li><li>The vulnerability allows low-privileged local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable VMs without user interaction.</li><li>The flaw affects VMware Tools versions 12.x.x, 11.x.x for Windows, Linux, and macOS. The company addressed the vulnerability in VMware Tools 12.5.1.</li><li>This is the latest security issue addressed by Broadcom, following the earlier release of security updates for zero-day vulnerabilities in various VMware ESX products.</li></ul>

Authentication bypass CVE-2025-22230 impacts VMware Windows Tools

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