VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

2024-07-3000:00:00

CISA

www.cisa.gov

vmware

esxi

authentication

bypass

vulnerability

active directory

malicious actor

access

ad group

CVSS3

7.2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

7.4

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.014

Percentile

86.7%

JSON

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.