CVE-2026-53475

Critical · CVSS 9.3

assisted-migration-agent — Improper Certificate Validation / Hardcoded Insecure TLS (CWE-295)

CVSS: 9.3; nvd
EPSS: 0.17%; 6th pct
KEV: No
Class: other; CWE-295

Description

A flaw was found in assisted-migration-agent. The application hardcodes insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) connections when communicating with vCenter. This vulnerability allows a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacker to intercept and harvest vCenter administrator credentials. This can lead to unauthorized access to vCenter.

Search profile — drives PoC discovery

Symbols InsecureSkipVerifytls.ConfigvCentervcenterTLSClientConfighttp.Transportcredentialsassisted-migration-agent

Keywords CVE-2026-53475assisted-migration-agentTLSinsecurevCenterMITMcertificate validationkubev2vCWE-295hardcoded TLScredential harvestingMan-in-the-Middle

Versions: versions prior to fix introduced in kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent pull/268

References

Status: enriched · ingested 2026-06-16T18:00:52.000Z · profiled 2026-06-16T18:20:23.035Z