VMware vSphere ESXi (6.7 prior to ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 prior to ESXi650-201811102-SG, and 6.0 prior to ESXi600-201807103-SG) and…

Description

VMware vSphere ESXi (6.7 prior to ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 prior to ESXi650-201811102-SG, and 6.0 prior to ESXi600-201807103-SG) and VMware vCenter Server (6.7 prior to 6.7 U1b, 6.5 prior to 6.5 U2b, and 6.0 prior to 6.0 U3j) contain an information disclosure vulnerability in clients arising from insufficient session expiration. An attacker with physical access or an ability to mimic a websocket connection to a user’s browser may be able to obtain control of a VM Console after the user has logged out or their session has timed out.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.97% · top 38% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.

Weakness

• Information disclosure vulnerability
• CWE-613 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-613 and its CVEs

Affected products

• VMware · VMware vSphere ESXi

  • affected 6.7 prior to ESXi670-201810101-SG
  • affected 6.5 prior to ESXi650-201811102-SG
  • affected 6.0 prior to ESXi600-201807103-SG

• VMware · VMware vCenter Server

  • affected 6.7 prior to 6.7 U1b
  • affected 6.5 prior to 6.5 U2b
  • affected 6.0 prior to 6.0 U3j

References (1)

• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0013.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2019-5531](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2019-5531.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2019-5531)

Record last updated 4 Aug 2024, 20:01 UTC.