vulnerability

VMware vCenter Server: CVE-2019-5537 (VMSA-2019-0018)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 28, 2019
Added
Jul 25, 2022
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

Description

Sensitive information disclosure vulnerability resulting from a lack of certificate validation during the File-Based Backup and Restore operations of VMware vCenter Server Appliance (6.7 before 6.7u3a and 6.5 before 6.5u3d) may allow a malicious actor to intercept sensitive data in transit over SCP. A malicious actor with man-in-the-middle positioning between vCenter Server Appliance and a backup target may be able to intercept sensitive data in transit during File-Based Backup and Restore operations.

Solution

vmware-vcenter-server-upgrade-latest
Title
NEW

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