VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2026-53475
The application hardcodes insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) connections when communicating with vCenter.
HIGH 7.4EPSS 0.25%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.25% probability · 17th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-295
- Affected
- kubev2v/assisted migration agent
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53475Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487232Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent/pull/268Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.