Ivanti Connect Secure/Policy Secure Web command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Web. The manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-21887. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to use the suggested workaround.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure (the affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown part of the component Web. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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 authenticated administrator to send specially crafted requests and execute arbitrary commands on the appliance.

The weakness was disclosed 01/10/2024. The advisory is shared at forums.ivanti.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-21887. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

It is declared as attacked. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 01/10/2024 with a due date of 01/22/2024:

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

The best possible mitigation is suggested to be Workaround.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Zero-Day.cz (846). cisa.gov is providing further details. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Vendor Base Score (Ivanti): 9.1
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CNA Base Score: 9.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Attacked

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Workaround
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Workaround: forums.ivanti.com

Timelineinfo

01/03/2024 🔍
01/10/2024 +7 days 🔍
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10/31/2025 +660 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 176668
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2024-21887 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-21887
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-250337
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2024 22:44
Updated: 10/31/2025 23:25
Changes: 01/10/2024 22:44 (34), 01/10/2024 22:46 (13), 01/10/2024 23:06 (3), 01/10/2024 23:07 (1), 01/28/2024 18:57 (3), 01/28/2024 19:04 (21), 04/30/2024 11:20 (23), 06/05/2024 10:57 (2), 06/11/2024 05:20 (1), 09/09/2024 22:30 (2), 10/08/2025 21:10 (1), 10/31/2025 23:25 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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