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Oct
It is critical for organizations to keep their ESXi servers up to date. Vulnerabilities may accumulate, allowing an attacker a variety of opportunities for exploitation. In addition, because ESXi servers host virtual machines, they are a very desirable target for attackers. The compromise of a single ESXi server could lead to the compromise of dozens of production servers hosted within.
System administrators can use this resource from VMware to plan a proactive update cycle and avoid EOL related security issues: https://lifecycle.vmware.com/#/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-45-000-vmware-esxi-servers-just-reached-end-of-life/
