# CVE-2024-37085

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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2024-37085
- CVSS: 6.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2024-07-30; CISA due date 2024-08-20; known ransomware use
- EPSS: 26.77% (percentile 98.1)
- Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 3 GitHub proofs of concept (first 2024-08-02)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2024-07-31)
- Weakness: CWE-305
- Published: 2024-06-25

## Affected versions

- VMware Cloud Foundation: affected 5.x; 4.x
- VMware ESXi: affected >= 8.0 and < ESXi80U3-24022510; 7.0

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-37085

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