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Coverity has detected this memory leak:

 Error: RESOURCE_LEAK (CWE-772):
     open-vm-tools-11.2.5-17337674/vgauth/serviceImpl/saml-xmlsec1.c:898:
     alloc_fn: Storage is returned from allocation function "g_strdup".
     open-vm-tools-11.2.5-17337674/vgauth/serviceImpl/saml-xmlsec1.c:898:
     var_assign: Assigning: "subjectVal" = storage returned from "g_strdup(tmp)".
     open-vm-tools-11.2.5-17337674/vgauth/serviceImpl/saml-xmlsec1.c:966:
     leaked_storage: Variable "subjectVal" going out of scope leaks the
     storage it points to.
     #  964|      retCode = validSubjectFound;
     #  965|   done:
     #  966|->    return retCode;
     #  967|   }
     #  968|

Jonathan jsaks@vmware is currently looking at the issue.

Change ITM to 9. vmware will have fix ready by sometime in April.

A fix is now available at commit 4f7441d8cd20923e509ff819084693bbd8c928df from https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/tree/devel.

Run regression test on RHEL 8.5 with build open-vm-tools-11.2.5-2.el8, all test cases passed, no new issue found.
So change status to verified.

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (open-vm-tools bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:4225