CVE-2017-4919: VMware vCenter Server

Critical severity, CVSS 9.0. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

VMware vCenter Server 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 allows vSphere users with certain, limited vSphere privileges to use the VIX API to access Guest Operating Systems without the need to authenticate.

Affected products

• VMware vCenter Server: version 5.5 only; version 6.0 only; version 6.5 only

Published 2017-07-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.