CVE Watch—

CVE-2024-37085

VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

CVSS

—

No CVSS

EPSS

26.8%

p98

KEV

YES

Jul 30, 2024

Exploit Today

0-100

Published: — · Last modified: —

EPSS · 30d

26.8%EPSS · 30 days26.8%

2026-09-172026-10-15

KEV catalog record

Product

VMware / ESXi

Vulnerability

VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Added to KEV

Jul 30, 2024

Remediate by

Aug 20, 2024

Known ransomware use

Yes

Summary 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 by re-creating the configured AD group ('ESXi Admins' by default) after it was deleted from AD.

Required action

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

Notes

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37085

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