Resource exhaustion in vCenter Server - CVE-2024-37087

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Resource exhaustion in vCenter Server - CVE-2024-37087

Published: June 25, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU93319
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37087
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the License Server. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the server, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

vCenter Server
PowerStore X
PowerProtect DP Series Appliance (IDPA)
IBM Cloud Pak System

How to mitigate CVE-2024-37087

Install updates from vendor's website.

vCenter Server - addressed in versions 7.0 U3q, 8.0 U3
IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.4.1
PowerProtect DP Series Appliance (IDPA) - update to 2.7.7

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