CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-31697

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2022-12-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-12-13
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-312

Description

The vCenter Server contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to the logging of credentials in plaintext. A malicious actor with access to a workstation that invoked a vCenter Server Appliance ISO operation (Install/Upgrade/Migrate/Restore) can access plaintext passwords used during that operation.

Affected configurations

• vmware vcenter server 6.5 • vmware vcenter server 6.7 • vmware vcenter server 7.0 • vmware cloud foundation (>= 3.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information weakness

References