open-vm-tools 13.0.5
- Update DeployPkg plugin to use systemctl reboot if available for Guest OS Customization
- Resolve CVE-2025-41244
open-vm-tools 13.0.5 release based on build 24915695
Please refer to the Release Notes at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/ReleaseNotes.md.
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.
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. For more information on this vulnerability and its impact on Broadcom products, see VMSA-2025-0015.
- A patch to address CVE-2025-41244 on earlier open-vm-tools releases is provided to the Linux community at 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 a more complete list of issues addressed in this release, see the What's New and Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.