Steps to reproduce:

1. Add vSphere via Zabbix Template 'VMware' (out-of-box from Zabbix)
2. Configure the needed Macros, {$VMWARE.URL}, {$VMWARE.USERNAME}, {$VMWARE.PASSWORD}
3. Select Monitored by Proxy

Result:
Every few minutes, the Zabbix proxy service crashes with the message “Got signal [signal:11(SIGSEGV),reason:1,refaddr:0x60]. Crashing ...” from the vmware collector.

See log file zabbix_proxy.log.gz

Expected:
No crash at all.

What have I tried:

Increase vmwarefrequency to 120, vmwareperffrequency to 60 and startvmwarecollectors from 5 to 10.

Additional Information:

The zabbix proxy 'monproxy1-1.infra.sgg1.ch.abainfra.net' monitors 3 vSpheres. The second proxy 'monproxy1-1.infra.gtg1.ch.abainfra.net' only one. The problem shows only on 'monproxy1-1.infra.sgg1.ch.abainfra.net'. Configuration are the same, I deploy it via Puppet.