CVE-2024-37085
CVSS Score
6.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| Vendor | n/a |
| Product | vmware esxi |
| Published | Jun 25, 2024 |
| Last Updated | Oct 21, 2025 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
n/a / VMware ESXi
8.0 < ESXi80U3-24022510 7.0
n/a / VMware Cloud Foundation
5.x 4.x