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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2024-21888 in the critical feed json

A privilege escalation vulnerability in web component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x) and Ivanti Policy Secure (9.x, 22.x) allows a us…

published 2024-01-31 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-19499

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
85.4%
EPSS 85.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
1
Metasploit

Summary

A privilege escalation vulnerability in web component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x) and Ivanti Policy Secure (9.x, 22.x) allows a user to elevate privileges to that of an administrator.

Patch / fix

  • ivanti connect_secure 10.0, 23.0
  • ivanti policy_secure 10.0, 23.0

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/ivanti_connect_secure_rce_cve_2024_21893)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

85.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Ivanti ICS
  • Ivanti IPS
  • ivanti connect_secure
  • ivanti policy_secure

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.