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Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-5538

CVE-2019-5538

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.

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Affected products

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  • VMware/Vcenter Server29 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 28 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:c:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:d:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:e:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:f:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1b:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1c:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1d:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1e:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1g:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2b:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2c:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2d:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2g:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:d:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update1b:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update2a:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update2c:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • VMware/vCenter Server Appliancedescription
  • VMware/Vcenter Server Appliancellm-fuzzy
    Range: 6.7 before 6.7u3a and 6.5 before 6.5u3d

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