CVE-2026-41860
CWE-326 in BOSH allows a local attacker to steal Basic-auth credentials or redirect UAA token requests via MITM.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.07%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
CWE-326 in BOSH allows a local attacker to steal Basic-auth credentials or redirect UAA token requests via MITM. HttpRequestHelper#create_async_endpoint and #send_http_get_request_synchronous hard-code OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE, enabling an attacker to intercept traffic between bosh-monitor and the BOSH director or UAA and steal credentials. Affected versions: - BOSH: all versions prior to v282.1.9 (inclusive); fixed in v282.1.9 or later
- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.07% probability · 0th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-326
- Source
- security@vmware.com
EPSS 0.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.