The vCenter Server contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to the logging of credentials in plaintext.

published 2022-12-13 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-53117

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-22)

Exploit prediction

0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

n/a VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation

Classification

Weakness

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Technology feeds

VMware rss critical rss

References

vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0030.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-31697
NVD CVE-2022-31697

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Summary