CVE-2024-37085

Published Jun 25, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 26.8% KEV · Listed
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-Other CWE-287
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
vmware
Published
Updated
Oct 21, 2025, 10:56 PM
Reserved
Jun 3, 2024, 5:40 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 25, 2024, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:37 AM