VMware ESXi Login Failed For Authenticated Checks
🗓️ 23 Jan 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.108537");
script_version("2026-05-22T06:54:41+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-05-22 06:54:41 +0000 (Fri, 22 May 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-01-23 15:50:49 +0100 (Wed, 23 Jan 2019)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N");
script_name("VMware ESXi Login Failed For Authenticated Checks");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
script_family("VMware Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gb_vmware_esxi_init.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("login/ESXi/failed");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.greenbone.net/GSM-Manual/gos-25.0/en/scanning.html#requirements-on-target-systems-with-esxi");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.greenbone.net/GSM-Manual/gos-24.10/en/scanning.html#requirements-on-target-systems-with-esxi");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"It was NOT possible to login into the ESXi SOAP API via HTTP
using the provided VMware ESXi credentials. Hence authenticated checks are NOT enabled.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Recheck the VMware ESXi credentials and configuration for
authenticated checks as well as the output of the VT 'VMware ESXi scan initialization'
(OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103447).");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
exit(0);
}
port = get_kb_item( "login/ESXi/failed/port" );
if( ! port )
port = 0;
log_message( port:port );
exit( 0 );
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22 May 2026 00:00Current
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