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CVE-2024-37085

CISA KEVRansomware

CVSS 6.8 (MEDIUM) · EPSS 75.6% · Published 2024-06-25

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 v3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Threats tracking this CVE

Akira Ransomware Kill Chain — SSLVPN Credential Stuffing → Kerberoasting → RDP Lateral → vssadmin Shadow Copy Deletion (SANS ISC Forensic Reconstruction, May 2026) — HIGH

References

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505

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