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
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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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Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-Other | CWE-287 |

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published: 2024-06-25T14:16:01.280Z
Updated: 2025-07-30T01:37:00.475Z
Reserved: 2024-06-03T05:40:17.632Z
Link: CVE-2024-37085

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

Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-06-25T15:15:12.377
Modified: 2024-12-20T16:52:43.217
Link: CVE-2024-37085

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