Exploited CVEs / VMware / CVE-2024-37085
CVE-2024-37085
VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. Exploitation in the wild is confirmed by CISA, not predicted, and the vulnerability is known to be used in ransomware campaigns. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2024-08-20 (that deadline has passed); treat that date as the outer bound for your own environment. The fix is in the vendor advisory: Broadcom (VMware) Security Advisories, linked below.
Actively exploited VMware ESXi vulnerability, High severity, CVSS 7.2. Added to the CISA KEV catalog 2024-07-30.
Risk summary
Updated July 28, 2026. Data refreshed on every build from MSRC, CISA KEV, and FIRST EPSS.
Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-37085
VMware ESXi hosts joined to Active Directory grant full administrative access to any member of a group named ESXi Admins, and this flaw lets an attacker with sufficient AD permissions simply re-create that group to seize the hypervisor. Ransomware operators adopted it enthusiastically because encrypting at the ESXi layer hits every VM at once. It was KEV-listed on 2024-07-30 with confirmed ransomware use and a 27% EPSS score.
Do this: Patch ESXi, audit AD for recently created groups named ESXi Admins, and switch hypervisor admin access away from AD group membership.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
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Full tracking and change history for CVE-2024-37085
Published and last-revised dates are authoritative, from Microsoft MSRC (or the CISA KEV date-added). Senserva additionally records day-to-day changes from 2026-07-07, refreshed several times a day; the change count reflects that forward-only tracking.
CISA required action
Federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date: 2024-08-20 (past due).
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Official fix for CVE-2024-37085
The authoritative fix and affected-version list are published by the vendor. Find the ESXi advisory on Broadcom (VMware) Security Advisories.
Common questions about CVE-2024-37085
Is CVE-2024-37085 actively exploited?
Yes. CVE-2024-37085 was added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2024-07-30, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed, not predicted. Its EPSS 30-day exploitation probability is 26%. CISA also reports it is known to be used in ransomware campaigns.
What is the CISA deadline and required action for CVE-2024-37085?
CISA set the federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date at 2024-08-20, which has passed; treat any unremediated system as overdue. The verbatim required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
What fixes CVE-2024-37085?
The authoritative fix is in the vendor advisory: see Broadcom (VMware) Security Advisories for the patched ESXi versions and any workarounds. KEV listing makes this a fix-first item: patch it ahead of higher-CVSS issues nobody is exploiting.
Can I ask my own AI about CVE-2024-37085?
Yes. This page includes a free, ready-to-paste AI prompt containing CVE-2024-37085's key facts: severity, CVSS, EPSS, the KEV date, the CISA due date, and the required action. Copy it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot; the data is refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central).
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