CVE-2024-37085
Actively exploited. CVE-2024-37085 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-07-30) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2024-37085 is indexed in GitHub PoC. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
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
- 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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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 98% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2024-37085 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-37085: VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-07-30
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