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.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.