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CVE-2024-37085

VMware ESXi contains an authentication bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with sufficient Active Directory (AD) permissions can gain…

Medium6.8Known exploitedEPSS 26.8%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
vmware

Description

VMware ESXi contains an authentication bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with sufficient Active Directory (AD) permissions can gain full access to an ESXi host that was previously configured to use AD for user management https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/09/joining-vsphere-hosts-to-active-directory.html by re-creating the configured AD group ('ESXi Admins' by default) after it was deleted from AD.

Exploited in the wild

CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability.

Added
30 Jul 2024
Fix due (US federal)
20 Aug 2024
Used by ransomware
Known

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2024-37085, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
vmwareCNA (assigner)3.1Medium6.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1High7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
26.8% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

Affected products

  • VMware ESXi

    • affected 8.0 – < ESXi80U3-24022510
    • affected 7.0

  • VMware Cloud Foundation

    • affected 5.x
    • affected 4.x

References (2)

Sources

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