Broadcom fixes authentication bypass flaw in VMware Tools for Windows

VMware and Broadcom released an update addressing a potentially serious security vulnerability.The vendor said that the flaw, designated as CVE-2025-22230, concerns an authentication bypass hole in the VMware tools component. The flaw itself is down to an access control weakness that would potentially allow log-ins without proper authentication.In action, this would mean that someone operating without proper account credentials could not only log into a virtual machine, but also gain some…