CVE-2019-5537

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-10-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-295

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 FTPS and HTTPS. 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.

Affected products

VMware vCenter Server: 6.5, 6.5-a, 6.5-b, 6.5-c, 6.5-d, 6.5-e (+23)
VMware vCenter Server Appliance: VMware vCenter Server Appliance (6.7 before 6.7u3a and 6.5 before 6.5u3d)

References

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