CVE-2024-37085 — VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2024-37085

CVE-2024-37085: VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)


Vendor / project	VMware
Product	ESXi
Date added	2024-07-30
Due date	2024-08-20
Ransomware campaign use	Known

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 (CISA)

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

References

NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37085
KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

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