Ivanti Sentry up to 9.19 Policy improper authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Ivanti Sentry up to 9.19. This affects an unknown function of the component Policy. Performing a manipulation results in improper authorization. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-39338. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ivanti Sentry up to 9.19. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Enables an authenticated user (enrolled device) to access a service protected by Sentry even if they are not authorized according to the sentry policy to access that service. It does not enable the user to authenticate to or use the service, it just provides the tunnel access.

It is possible to read the advisory at forums.ivanti.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-39338 since 07/28/2023. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 9.20 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2023-43069) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1534). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Ivanti Sentry

Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.8
CNA Vector (hackerone): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authorization
CWE: CWE-285 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Sentry 9.20

Timelineinfo

07/28/2023 CVE reserved
07/12/2025 +715 days Advisory disclosed
07/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/14/2025 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: forums.ivanti.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-39338 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-39338
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-316203
EUVD: 🔒
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1534 - Ivanti Sentry: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Umgehen von Sicherheitsvorkehrungen

Entryinfo

Created: 07/12/2025 08:43
Updated: 07/14/2025 21:41
Changes: 07/12/2025 08:43 (64), 07/12/2025 09:58 (1), 07/14/2025 16:25 (1), 07/14/2025 21:41 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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