CVE Database · CVE-2024-37085
CVSS v3.1
6.8
EPSS
26.77%
Published
Jun 25, 2024
Modified
Oct 30, 2025
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added: 2024-07-30 · Due: 2024-08-20
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Public PoC / Exploit (4)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
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:HWeaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (13)
References (3)