diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/CVE-2023-20900.patch b/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/CVE-2023-20900.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b51e500aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/CVE-2023-20900.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+From 108d81c70d0a6792847051d121a660ef3511517d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Katy Feng <fkaty@vmware.com>
+Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:15:58 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Allow only X509 certs to verify the SAML token signature.
+
+CVE: CVE-2023-20900
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/commit/74b6d0d9000eda1a2c8f31c40c725fb0b8520b16]
+
+Signed-off-by: Narpat Mali <narpat.mali@windriver.com>
+---
+ open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/saml-xmlsec1.c | 9 ++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/saml-xmlsec1.c b/open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/saml-xmlsec1.c
+index aaa5082a..ad8fe304 100644
+--- a/open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/saml-xmlsec1.c
++++ b/open-vm-tools/vgauth/serviceImpl/saml-xmlsec1.c
+@@ -1273,7 +1273,14 @@ VerifySignature(xmlDocPtr doc,
+     */
+    bRet = RegisterID(xmlDocGetRootElement(doc), "ID");
+    if (bRet == FALSE) {
+-      g_warning("failed to register ID\n");
++      g_warning("Failed to register ID\n");
++      goto done;
++   }
++
++   /* Use only X509 certs to validate the signature */
++   if (xmlSecPtrListAdd(&(dsigCtx->keyInfoReadCtx.enabledKeyData),
++                        BAD_CAST xmlSecKeyDataX509Id) < 0) {
++      g_warning("Failed to limit allowed key data\n");
+       goto done;
+    }
+
+--
+2.40.0
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.3.5.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.3.5.bb
index c80827a992..bac9b694df 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.3.5.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.3.5.bb
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools.git;protocol=https;branch=maste
            file://0001-open-vm-tools-Correct-include-path-for-poll.h.patch;patchdir=.. \
            file://0001-Properly-check-authorization-on-incoming-guestOps-re.patch;patchdir=.. \
            file://CVE-2023-20867.patch;patchdir=.. \
+           file://CVE-2023-20900.patch;patchdir=.. \
            "
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "stable-(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"