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CVE-2024-37085: VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2024-37085
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
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.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: VMwareproduct: ESXiAuthentication bypass
What
VMware ESXi contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthorized access.
Who is affected
ESXi hosts configured to use Active Directory for user management are affected.
Urgency
Immediate remediation is necessary as the vulnerability is critical and actively exploited.
Action
Users should reconfigure their Active Directory settings and apply any available patches.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2024-07-30
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37085

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2024-37085coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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