CVE-2024-37085

MEDIUM6.8

CISA KEV

Published 2024-06-25 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source security@vmware.com

Summary

CVE-2024-37085 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in VMware ESXi. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on July 30, 2024, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by August 20, 2024. CISA also lists it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns, so it should be prioritised accordingly. VMware has 26 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 9 of them linked to ransomware.

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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.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-287CWE-305

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: VMware — ESXi

Name: VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Date added: 2024-07-30 · Due: 2024-08-20

USED IN RANSOMWARE

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

References

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