CVE-2024-37085

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.268 · 98 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUNLRUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 3 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

26.8% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

21 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

added 2024-07-30remediate by 2024-08-20

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

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.2

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.16.8mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@vmware.comexploitability 0.9 · impact 5.9

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-287USprimaryCWE-287USCWE-287USCWE-305US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

WTN-arny/CVE-2024-37085WTN-arny/CVE-2024-37085PoC · poc_in_github
WTN-arny/Vmware-ESXICVE-2024-37085 unauthenticated shell upload to full administrator on domain-joined esxi hypervisors.PoC · poc_in_github
mahmutaymahmutay/CVE-2024-37085Vulnerability Scanner for CVE-2024-37085 and Exploits ( For Educational Purpose only)PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (21)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell Storage PowerStoreall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:dell:storage:powerstore
VMware Cloud Foundationall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:vmware:cloud_foundation:-
VMware ESXi <ESXi80U3-24022510all versionscert_bundDE
VMware ESXi< ESXi80U3-24022510cert_bundDE
n/a VMware Cloud Foundation≤ 4.xenisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware Cloud Foundation≤ 5.xenisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware ESXi≤ 7.0enisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware ESXi8.0 → ESXi80U3-24022510enisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation≤ 5.0fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation≤ 4.0fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware ESXi≤ 7.0fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware ESXi8.0 → ESXi80U3-24022510fstec_bduRU
vmware_cloud_foundationall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:n_a:vmware_cloud_foundation:4.x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware_cloud_foundationall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:n_a:vmware_cloud_foundation:5.x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware_esxiall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:n_a:vmware_esxi:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware_esxiall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:n_a:vmware_esxi:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware cloud foundationall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxiall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware cloud foundation4.0 → 5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

NCSC-2024-0269Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in VMware ESXi en vCenter ServerNL2024-06-26csaf · ncsc_nlNL
VMware heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in ESXi en vCenter Server.
WID-SEC-W-2024-1460VMware ESXi, VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware vCenter Server: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-06-25csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in VMware ESXi, VMware Cloud Foundation und VMware vCenter Server ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund ncsc_nl nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-06-25modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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