Vulnerability details
CVE-2024-37085
Actively exploited
VMware Cloud FoundationVMware ESXi
CVSS 3.1
6.8Medium
Official 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 scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8Medium | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (vmware) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | Cloud Foundation | 4.0 ≤ v < 5.0 | CISA ADP / Vulnrichment |
| VMware | Cloud Foundation | 5.0 ≤ v < 5.2 | CISA ADP / Vulnrichment |
| VMware | ESXi | 7.0 | CISA ADP / Vulnrichment |
| VMware | ESXi | 8.0 ≤ v < ESXi80U3-24022510 | CISA ADP / Vulnrichment |
| — | VMware Cloud Foundation | 4.x | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| — | VMware Cloud Foundation | 5.x | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| — | VMware ESXi | 7.0 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| — | VMware ESXi | 8.0 ≤ v < ESXi80U3-24022510 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
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Details
- Published
- 2024-06-25
- Last updated
- 2025-10-22
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- vmware
- Kolun priority
- 85 · Critical
CISA KEV catalog
- Date added
- 2024-07-30
- Due date
- 2024-08-20
- Used in ransomware
- Yes
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
26.77%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
98%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- Active
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-305Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness