{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5538 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2019-5538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Vcenter Server, published on 28 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5538 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2019-5538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Vcenter Server, published on 28 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5538 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Vmware Vcenter Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5538/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5538/index.md)","id":"CVE-2019-5538","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5538/index.md","name":"CVE-2019-5538","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-pg6p-7jwx-86vp"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware vCenter Server","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A man-in-the-middle attacker can intercept sensitive data during backup operations due to missing certificate validation in VMware vCenter Server Appliance.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"information_disclosure"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[{"product":"vcenter_server","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":5.9,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-295","name":"Improper Certificate Validation"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware vCenter Server Appliance","id":"CVE-2019-5538","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"vmware:vcenter_server","products":["vmware:vcenter_server"],"type":"information_disclosure","year":"2019"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Horizon View Agent","id":"CVE-2019-5539"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware vCenter Server Appliance","id":"CVE-2019-5537"},"products":["VMware vCenter Server Appliance"],"published":"2019-10-28","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Broadcom VMware vCenter Path Traversal","id":"CVE-2026-59310","kev_date_added":"2026-08-18","published":"2026-07-30"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2023-34048","kev_date_added":"2024-01-22","published":"2023-10-25"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server Information Disclosure","id":"CVE-2020-3952","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2020-04-10"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server Improper Access Control","id":"CVE-2021-22017","kev_date_added":"2022-01-10","published":"2021-09-23"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-2342","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2015-10-12"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"vCenter authentication-bypass vulnerability","id":"CVE-2026-59309","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-30"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in VMware Cloud Foundation","id":"CVE-2024-37080","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-06-18"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"A man-in-the-middle attacker can intercept sensitive data during backup operations due to missing certificate validation in VMware vCenter Server Appliance.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5538/"}