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CVE-2024-37079: vCenter Server contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 76/100)

CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Jan 23, 2026). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Feb 13, 2026.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 22.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 97.6% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Until a fix is released, restrict access to the affected component and follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

vCenter Server contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted network packet potentially leading to remote code execution.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1KEVWeaponized No fix recorded

BDU:2024-04649

Published: Jun 18, 2024
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 22.3% · 97th percentile
CWE: CWE-787

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This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS: 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS: 7 / 30 · 22.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: active
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 9.8
CNA · vmware: 9.8; agree

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Jan 23, 2026. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Feb 13, 2026.

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Vendor	Product	CPE
vmware	cloud foundation	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation
vmware	vcenter server	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

vmware cloud foundation4.0 and later · before 5.2
vmware vcenter server7.0
vmware vcenter server8.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (vmware). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

n/a VMware Cloud Foundation
- 5.x, 4.xaffected
n/a VMware vCenter Server
- 8.0 and later · before 8.0 U2daffected
- 8.0 and later · before 8.0 U1eaffected
- 7.0 and later · before 7.0 U3raffected

Same product

vmware: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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CVE-2020-3992OpenSLP as used in VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.1-0.0.16850804, 6.7 before ESXi670-202010401-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202010401-SG) has a KEV
94Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2024-22274May 21, 2024 · The vCenter Server contains an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability.
29Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2024-22275May 21, 2024 · The vCenter Server contains a partial file read vulnerability.
19Monitor
Later →CVE-2024-37085Jun 25, 2024 · VMware ESXi contains an authentication bypass vulnerability.KEV
66This week

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

PublishedJun 18, 2024
CISA KEVJan 23, 2026+584 d
TodayNov 2, 2026+867 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2025-41237392 days apartVMCI integer-underflow vulnerability
37Monitor
CVE-2024-22254105 days apartOut-of-bounds write vulnerability
32Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).