A command injection vulnerability in web components of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x) and Ivanti Policy Secure (9.x, 22.x) allows an aut…

cisa required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

1. 2024-01-10 CISA SSVC: exploitation active
2. 2024-01-10 First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/ivanti_connect_secure_rce_cve_2023_46805)
3. 2024-01-10 Added to CISA KEV
4. 2024-01-12 Published
5. 2024-01-22 CISA patch deadline

Added

2 y ago (2024-01-10)

Patch by

2024-01-22 (2 y ago)

Ransomware

Known to be used in ransomware campaigns

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vendor, product

Ivanti, Connect Secure and Policy Secure

CISA name

Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection Vulnerability

Groups reported to have exploited it in intrusions.

• Pioneer Kitten suspected state-sponsored
• DragonForce ransomware gang

reported by cisa.govtrendmicro.com

Ransomware Vulnerability Matrix by BushidoUK (github.com/BushidoUK/Ransomware-Vulnerability-Matrix), reformatted per CVE. CC BY 4.0

How it is exploited and what it leads to, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

• T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application exploitation
• T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter primary impact
• T1505.003 Web Shell secondary impact
• T1552 Unsecured Credentials secondary impact

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Exploitation

Active, exploited in the wild

Automatable

no

Technical impact

total

Assessed

2 y ago (2024-01-10)

100.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 100% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

• Metasploit exploit/linux/http/ivanti_connect_secure_rce_cve_2024_21893 Ivanti Connect Secure Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2024-01-31
• Metasploit exploit/linux/http/ivanti_connect_secure_rce_cve_2023_46805 Ivanti Connect Secure Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2024-01-10
• Nuclei template Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x) and Ivanti Policy Secure (9.x, 22.x) - Command Injection nuclei detection template
• packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176668/Ivanti-Connect-Secure-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

• Ivanti ICS
• Ivanti IPS

Weakness

• CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

Technology feeds

• Ivanti rss critical rss

• packetstormsecurity.com /files/176668/Ivanti-Connect-Secure-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html

  exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

• forums.ivanti.com /s/article/CVE-2023-46805-Authentication-Bypass-CVE-2024-21887-Command-Injection-for-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-and

  vendor-advisory

• cisa.gov /known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-21887

  government-resource, us-government-resource

• CVE List CVE-2024-21887
• NVD CVE-2024-21887

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