CVE-2024-37087 — The vCenter Server contains a denial-of-service vulnerability

The vCenter Server contains a denial-of-service vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may create a denial-of-service condition.

01What is this vulnerability?

The vCenter Server contains a denial-of-service vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may create a denial-of-service condition.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / vCenter Server	8.0, 7.0
n	a / VMware Cloud Foundation	5.x, 4.x

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-06-25T14:16:13.273Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-31T13:19:28.741Z

09References

• support.broadcom.com — https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/con…