6.8
Medium
Exploited
· ransomware
CVE-2024-37085 VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Active exploitation observed
· CISA KEV catalogue
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware campaigns
Known to be used
Weakness
CWE-305
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.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| VMware ESXi 8.0 | 8.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| VMware ESXi | 7.0 | No fix stated |
| VMware Cloud Foundation | 5.x | No fix stated |
| VMware Cloud Foundation | 4.x | No fix stated |
| ESXi 8.0 | 8.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| cloud_foundation 4.0 | 4.0 → < 5.0 | 5.0 |
References
- support.broadcom.com support.broadcom.com
Timeline
- Published
- Added to the KEV catalogue
- Last modified
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