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CVE record · CVE-2024-37085

VMware ESXi contains an authentication bypass vulnerability.

CVSS 6.8 MediumCriticalIn CISA KEV · ransomwareEPSS 0.27 · 98th percentile

Critical, because:

  • In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 30 Jul 2024: it is known to be exploited.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: vmware) at 25 Jun 2024, 14:16 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Not given VMware ESXi
  • affected 8.0 to before ESXi80U3-24022510 custom
  • affected 7.0
Other versions: unaffected
Not given VMware Cloud Foundation
  • affected 5.x
  • affected 4.x
Other versions: unaffected
Identifiers
CVE-2024-37085
CNA
vmware
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-305
Tags
Published
25 Jun 2024
Updated
21 Oct 2025

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.8 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (vmware)
  • CISA KEV Listed since 30 Jul 2024: known to be exploited. CISA reports use in ransomware campaigns.
  • EPSS 0.27, the 98th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Jun 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.