VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
CISA lists this VMware ESXi vulnerability as known exploited. The vendor's advisory has the fixed versions.
CISA catalog record
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.
- Product
- ESXi
- Added to KEV
- 30 Jul 2024
- Federal remediation due
- 20 Aug 2024
- Known ransomware use
- Yes
What changed
First observed 14 Oct 2026No field changes in the recorded history.
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