Ivanti Connect Secure symlink

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, ZTA Gateway and Neurons for Secure Access. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes symlink. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-5468. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, ZTA Gateway and Neurons for Secure Access (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Improper handling of symbolic links in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.8 or 22.8R2, Ivanti Policy Secure before 22.7R1.5, Ivanti ZTA Gateway before 22.8R2.3-723 and Ivanti Neurons for Secure Access before 22.8R1.4 (Fix deployed on 02-Aug-2025) allows a local authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files on disk.

The advisory is shared at forums.ivanti.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-5468 since 06/02/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Symlink
CWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/02/2025 CVE reserved
08/12/2025 +71 days Advisory disclosed
08/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: forums.ivanti.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-5468 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-5468
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-319561

Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2025 17:35
Changes: 08/12/2025 17:35 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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