CVE-2024-37085
MEDIUM
CVSS: 6.8
EPSS: 26.8%
VulnCheck KEV
Weaponized
CWE-287
CWE-305
T1078
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.
Published: 2024-06-25