July 30, 2024 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2024-37085 — VMware ESXi
known ransomware use
VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2024-07-30- Federal due date
2024-08-20- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- ESXi
- EPSS
- 99.1th percentile (score 0.791, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37085
CISA short 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 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.