VMware ESXi
YES - ON THE CISA KEV LIST
CVE-2024-37085
VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
overdue since 2024-08-20
VMware: 26 entries (1.5% of all KEV entries are from this vendor); 0 added in 2026.
BOD 26-04 note: this is the date printed in the CISA catalog. A federal agency's actual deadline is set by its SSVC tier - Act (3 days), Attend (14 days), Track (60 days), or the next scheduled upgrade - counted from the KEV listing date or the date the vulnerability is identified in its environment, whichever comes first. Use the tier helper on each CVE page for your own window.
Your BOD 26-04 window (SSVC tier helper)
Your remediation window ends:
Description
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 by re-creating the configured AD group ('ESXi Admins' by default) after it was deleted from AD.
Required action (CISA)
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37085
References
Other KEV entries for this vendor: VMware
- CVE-2025-22226 - ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion (2025-03-04)
- CVE-2025-22225 - ESXi (2025-03-04)
- CVE-2025-22224 - ESXi and Workstation (2025-03-04)
- CVE-2024-38813 - vCenter Server (2024-11-20)
- CVE-2024-38812 - vCenter Server (2024-11-20)
- CVE-2022-22948 - vCenter Server (2024-07-17)
- CVE-2023-34048 - vCenter Server (2024-01-22)
- CVE-2023-20867 - Tools (2023-06-23)
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