CVE-2022-31697

MEDIUM

VMware vCenter Server - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Operation Logs

Title source: llm

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0030.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 19.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-312

Status published

Products (4)

vmware/cloud_foundation 3.0

vmware/vcenter_server 6.5 (25 CPE variants)

vmware/vcenter_server 6.7 (23 CPE variants)

vmware/vcenter_server 7.0

Published Dec 13, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026