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.
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Wed, 30 Jul 2025 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses NVD-CWE-Other CWE-287

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:37:00.475Z

Reserved: 2024-06-03T05:40:17.632Z

Link: CVE-2024-37085

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Updated: 2024-08-02T03:43:50.997Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-25T15:15:12.377

Modified: 2024-12-20T16:52:43.217

Link: CVE-2024-37085

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