GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-8g5p-jxp9-457c Assisted Migration Agent: Hardcoded insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) connections during vCenter communication
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-53475
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Affected packages
• Go github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent: < 0.16.0 → fixed in 0.16.0
Description
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-53475 A flaw was found in assisted-migration-agent. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53475 advisory
- https://github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent/pull/268 web
- https://github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent/commit/b940fec9f5032a0801e994054d30e81d64b2942a web
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53475 web
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487232 web
- https://github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent package