What is CVE-2022-31697?

CVE-2022-31697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-12-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-31697?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation

CVE-2022-31697

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.

EPSS: 0.001 (3.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Vmware Cloud_foundation
Vmware Vcenter_server — versions 6.5, 6.7, 7.0
N/a Vmware Vcenter Server, Cloud Foundation — versions VMware (7.0 prior to 7.0 U3i, 6.7 prior to 6.7.0 U3s, 6.5 prior to 6.5 U3u), VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x, 3.x)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

security@vmware.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-31697?: CVE-2022-31697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-31697?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.