Actively exploited · Published Jan 12, 2024 · Assigned by hackerone

CVE-2024-21887

Critical 9.1 Exploited Ransomware

In plain English

A critical-severity command injection in ICS from Ivanti. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on January 10, 2024). It has been used in ransomware campaigns. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 100.0% (higher than 99.9% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Severity (CVSS 3.0)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)100.0%top 0.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Jan 10, 2024
Attack tooling3Metasploit, Nuclei, Public PoC

CISA guidance

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

Federal agencies must remediate by Jan 22, 2024.

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Ivanti ICS 9.1R18 – through 9.1R1822.6R2 – through 22.6R2
Ivanti IPS 9.1R18 – through 9.1R1822.6R1 – through 22.6R1

Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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