CVE-2026-53475

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 v3 9.3 CRITICAL

9.3^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.8

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53475	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487232	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent/pull/268	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:kubev2v:assisted_migration_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

16 Jun 2026, 14:41

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53475 -~~	() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53475 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487232 -~~	() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487232 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent/pull/268 -~~	() https://github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent/pull/268 - Patch
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:kubev2v:assisted_migration_agent::::::::
First Time		Kubev2v Kubev2v assisted Migration Agent

10 Jun 2026, 15:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-10 15:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:57

NVD link : CVE-2026-53475

Mitre link : CVE-2026-53475

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53475

JSON object : View

Products Affected

kubev2v

assisted_migration_agent

CWE

CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation

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