# CVE-2024-37085: VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

> CVE-2024-37085: VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. CVSS 6.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-37085
Last updated: 2025-10-21T22:56:21Z

- Published: 2024-06-25 14:16 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 22:56 UTC · Assigner: vmware
- CVSS: 6.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 26.8%, 98th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2024-07-30, federal due date 2024-08-20, ransomware use: Known

## Description

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.

## CISA required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

## Affected vendors and products

- n/a: VMware Cloud Foundation
- n/a: VMware ESXi
- vmware: cloud\_foundation
- vmware: esxi

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37085)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37085)
- [https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505](https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-37085 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-37085.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2024-37085 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:14:27.713Z