{"id":"CVE-2026-53475","aliases":["GHSA-8g5p-jxp9-457c"],"title":"Assisted Migration Agent: Hardcoded insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) connections during vCenter communication","summary":"Assisted Migration Agent: Hardcoded insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) connections during vCenter communication","severity":"critical","cvss":9.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N","vendor":"kubev2v","product":"github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent","ecosystem":"go","affected":["github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent < 0.16.0"],"patched":["github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent 0.16.0"],"published":"2026-06-10","updated":"2026-08-14","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8g5p-jxp9-457c","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53475"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent/pull/268"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent/commit/b940fec9f5032a0801e994054d30e81d64b2942a"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53475"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487232"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent"}],"tags":["osv","go"],"epss":0.00253,"epssPercentile":0.17102,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-15T19:19:53.674Z","slug":"CVE-2026-53475","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent < 0.16.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent 0.16.0`","depth":"midnight","depthScore":51,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":51.2,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}