CVE-2024-37085: VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
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 by re-creating the configured AD group ('ESXi Admins' by default) after it was deleted from AD. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
· high severity · unattributed attribution
Evidence and provenance
- Original source
- CISA KEV report ↗
- Published
- 2024-07-30T00:00:00Z
- Confidence basis
- No actor match
- Record ID
1908940000900ad14138
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-37085
Use and citation
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