Public bug reported: open-vm-tools 13.0.5 was released on Sept 29, 2025 - based on build 24915695
There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 13.0.5 release. This is primarily a maintenance release that addresses a security issue. This release resolves [CVE-2025-41244](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41244). For more information on this vulnerability and its impact on Broadcom products, see [VMSA-2025-0015](https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support- content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36149). - A patch to address CVE-2025-41244 on earlier open-vm-tools releases is provided to the Linux community at [CVE-2025-41244.patch](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm- tools/tree/CVE-2025-41244.patch). A minor enhancement has been made for Guest OS Customization. The DeployPkg plugin has been updated to use "systemctl reboot", if available. For complete details, see: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm- tools/releases/tag/stable-13.0.5. Release Notes are available at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm- tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/ReleaseNotes.md. For a more complete list of issues addressed in this release, see the [What's New](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm- tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/ReleaseNotes.md#whatsnew) and [Resolved Issues ](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm- tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/ReleaseNotes.md#resolved-issues) section of the Release Notes. The granular changes that have gone into the open-vm-tools 13.0.5 release are in the ChangeLog at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm- tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog An additional one-off patch is available for Guest OS Customization to handle the new exit code 2 (recoverable error) from cloud-init. This patch can be directly applied to the open-vm-tools source from version 12.1.5 through 13.0.5. If desired, download this patch from https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/tree/Handle-new-cloud-init- error-code.patch Please rebase open-vm-tools to release 13.0.5 on supported Ubuntu releases as appropriate ** Affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2126452 Title: open-vm-tools version 13.0.5 has been released - please rebase To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/2126452/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
