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CVE-2024-37085

VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

CISA KEV record

CISA date added
2024-07-30
CISA due date
2024-08-20
Known ransomware use
Known

NVD risk context

7.2 HIGH

CVSS is a technical severity score. CISA’s KEV status remains the evidence that this vulnerability is known to be exploited.

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Attack vector
Network
The vulnerable service can be reached remotely over a network.
Attack complexity
Low
Exploitation does not require unusual conditions beyond normal attacker control.
Privileges required
High
The attacker needs substantial privileges before exploiting the issue.
User interaction
None
No action by another user is required.

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

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

NVD reference index

Vendor and remediation references

NVD has tagged these sources as vendor advisories, patches, mitigations, or release notes.

Other NVD references (1)

MITRE CWE context

CWE classification

CWE-305 Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness

The authentication algorithm is sound, but the implemented mechanism can be bypassed as the result of a separate weakness that is primary to the authentication error.

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NVD record timing

NVD record timeline

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NVD published
Jun 25, 2024, 03:15 PM UTC
When NVD first published this CVE record.
NVD last updated
Jun 17, 2026, 07:37 AM UTC
When NVD last changed its analysis or record data.
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CISA notes

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37085