Vulnerability · Published Jun 10, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-53475Assisted-migration-agent: tls verification disabled on all vcenter connections

Critical 9.3

In plain English

A critical-severity improper certificate validation in assisted-migration-agent. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.3Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 83.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Go	github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent	0.16.0	GHSA-8g5p-jxp9-457c
Go	github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent	0.16.0	GO-2026-6232

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
	assisted-migration-agent	0 – before b940fec9f5032a0801e994054d30e81d64b2942a

Weakness: CWE-295 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53475 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
RHBZ#2487232 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent/pull/268