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high 8.1

CVE-2019-11242 json

A man-in-the-middle vulnerability related to vCenter access was found in Cohesity DataPlatform version 5.x and 6.x prior to 6.1.1c.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-2940

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A man-in-the-middle vulnerability related to vCenter access was found in Cohesity DataPlatform version 5.x and 6.x prior to 6.1.1c. Cohesity clusters did not verify TLS certificates presented by vCenter. This vulnerability could expose Cohesity user credentials configured to access vCenter.

Patch / fix

  • cohesity dataplatform 6.1.1c

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Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

References

Sources

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