Ivanti Connect Secure/Policy Secure up to 9.1R18/22.6R2 privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure up to 9.1R18/22.6R2. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-21888. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure up to 9.1R18/22.6R2 and classified as very critical. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 01/31/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at forums.ivanti.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-21888 since 01/03/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/04/2025).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.7

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

01/03/2024 🔍
01/31/2024 +28 days 🔍
01/31/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/04/2025 +490 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: forums.ivanti.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-21888 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-21888
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-252491

Entryinfo

Created: 01/31/2024 20:42
Updated: 06/04/2025 05:41
Changes: 01/31/2024 20:42 (27), 01/31/2024 20:43 (19), 02/22/2024 16:10 (10), 06/04/2025 05:41 (15)
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