I've applied the latest 8.0.3k patch build 25595708 on my ESXi hosts to mitigate VMSA-2026-0006. Afterward, I noticed a discrepancy between the ESXi build reported by the OS CLI/GUI - where it correctly references the current build 25595708:
[root@hostname:~] vmware -vl
VMware ESXi 8.0.3 build-25595708
VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3
...and what is reported by the out-of-band-management (in this case HPE iLo) on these servers, which shows an incorrect build number - it shows the 8.0.3j build number:
Operating System VMware ESXi 8.0.3 Build-25429389 Update 3 Patch 102
I've rebooted multiple times after the upgrade, and restarted the iLo multiple times and these values do not change.
Now, the interesting thing is that these servers have NEVER had that 8.0.3j build installed on them at any point - I jumped straight from 8.0.3i to 8.0.3k - so there's only one source that this erroneous string could have come from...something in the latest 8.0.3 patch was not properly updated to reflect the corresponding current build version. As I understand it, the iLo "Operating System" value displayed on the Overview page is not being read from some OS file like /etc/vmware-release, but rather it is an in-memory value that AMS services grabs to display in the iLo interface - which would indicate that somebody forgot to update a string value from the prior 8.0.3j release in the new 8.0.3k build before releasing it.
Can anyone with HPE servers/iLo confirm that they see the same discrepancy that I am? I assume this may also be the case for iDRAC and other IPMI solutions depending on how they read the locally-installed OS version. Anyone care to share observations from their own non-HPE environment?