CVE-2024-37085

HighCVSS 7.2/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.2/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-287 CWE-305

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jun 25, 2024
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: Jul 30, 2024
NVD status: Analyzed

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