CVE-2024-37081
highThe vCenter Server contains multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities due to misconfiguration of sudo.
Vendor / product: Vmware — vcenter server
The vCenter Server contains multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities due to misconfiguration of sudo. An authenticated local user with non-administrative privileges may exploit these issues to elevate privileges to root on vCenter Server Appliance.
CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (security@vmware.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2024-06-18 06:15
Modified: 2026-11-03 22:17
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 22:24 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
vmware / vcenter_server 8.0, 7.0
vmware / cloud_foundation ≥4.0 <5.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/Secur... security@vmware.com
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/Secur... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 22:24 UTC · record ↗