CVE-2024-37085
- EPSS 71.92%
- Veröffentlicht 25.06.2024 15:15:12
- Zuletzt bearbeitet 30.10.2025 19:52:34
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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.30.07.2024: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog
VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
SchwachstelleVMware 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.
BeschreibungApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Erforderliche Maßnahmen| Typ | Quelle | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 71.92% | 0.987 |
| Quelle | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 7.2 | 1.2 | 5.9 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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| security@vmware.com | 6.8 | 0.9 | 5.9 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
The authentication algorithm is sound, but the implemented mechanism can be bypassed as the result of a separate weakness that is primary to the authentication error.