CVE-2023-46805: Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS, formerly known as Pulse Connect Secure) and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the web component that allows an attacker to access restricted resources by bypassing control checks. This vulnerability can be leveraged in conjunction with CVE-2024-21887, a command injection vulnerability.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An authentication bypass vulnerability allows access to restricted resources by bypassing control checks.
- Who is affected
- Users of Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure gateways.
- Urgency
- Immediate action is required due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Apply the latest security updates from Ivanti.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46805
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2023-46805Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-46805 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
Recent advisories for Ivanti Connect Secure
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-22457: Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabili…cisa-kev · 2025-04-04
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-0282: Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilit…cisa-kev · 2025-01-08
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-21893: Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and Neurons Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerabi…cisa-kev · 2024-01-31
- unknown[Update] Multiple vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways (January 11, 2024)cert-fr-alerte · 2024-01-11
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-21887: Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-01-10
- criticalexploitedCVE-2020-8260: Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Code Execution Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-11-03
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