medium6.8Known exploited
CVE-2024-37085
VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2024-07-30. Federal due date: 2024-08-20.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware | Cloud Foundation | from 4.0 before 5.2 |
| Vmware | Esxi | Versions 7.0, 8.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-37085