High [CVE-2026-41860] BOSH: CWE-326 in BOSH allows a local attacker to steal Basic-auth credentials or redirect UAA token requests via MITM.
This high-severity VMware (Broadcom) advisory covers CVE-2026-41860 affecting BOSH.
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Summary
CWE-326 in BOSH allows a local attacker to steal Basic-auth credentials or redirect UAA token requests via MITM. HttpRequestHelper#create_async_endpoint and #send_http_get_request_synchronous hard-code OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE, enabling an attacker to intercept traffic between bosh-monitor and the BOSH director or UAA and steal credentials.
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Mitigation
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