{"id":"CVE-2024-37085","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37085","summary":"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…","details":"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.","published":"2024-06-25T14:16:01.280Z","modified":"2025-10-21T22:56:21.754Z","cvss":{"score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":{"score":0.2677,"percentile":0.97929,"asOf":"2026-08-28"},"cisaKev":{"dateAdded":"2024-07-30","dueDate":"2024-08-20","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":true},"exploitsKnown":2,"affectedPackages":[],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-37085"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","NVD","CISA KEV","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2025-10-21T22:56:21.754Z"}}