# VMTools compatibility/dowenloads

**URL:** https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/vmtools-compatibility-dowenloads/11302
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support
**Created:** [September 15, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/vmtools-compatibility-dowenloads/11302 "2023-09-15T15:10:36Z")
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### Author: ![ServiceDesk.us](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@ServiceDesk.us](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/ServiceDesk.us)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/vmtools-compatibility-dowenloads/11302/1 "2023-09-15T15:10:36Z")

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Hi,

We’re running Rocky Linux 8.8 on ESXi 7.0.3. Currently we have open-vm-tools 12.1.5. Due to  
[VMSA-2023-0019 (vmware.com)](https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html)

We’d like to install open-vm-tools 12.3.0. Is there a vendor specific package for this available?

Can I just use the package at [Download VMware Tools - VMware Customer Connect](https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_tools/12_x#open_source)

Or should I just use dnf to upgrade it?

Thanks

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### Author: ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/vmtools-compatibility-dowenloads/11302/2 "2023-09-15T17:58:16Z")

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Red Hat is aware of the issue:

[https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-20900](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-20900)

An update to open-vm-tools will be published soon (I hope) and Rocky will follow.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/vmtools-compatibility-dowenloads/11302/3 "2023-11-14T17:59:01Z")

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