CVE-2026-1603: Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) 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 Endpoint Manager (EPM) contains an authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel vulnerability that could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to leak specific stored credential data.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to leak specific stored credential data.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Ivanti Endpoint Manager are affected by this vulnerability.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is actively exploited and has critical severity.
- Action
- Update Ivanti Endpoint Manager to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1603
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-2026-1603Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99.6% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-1603 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Ivanti Endpoint Manager
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.
- high[NEW] [high] Ivanti Endpoint Manager: Multiple Vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-12
- highCVE-2026-18129: Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in the Core of Ivanti Endpoint Manager before …nvd · 2026-08-11
- highCVE-2026-18127: External control of a filename in the Core of Ivanti Endpoint Manager before version 2024 SU7 …nvd · 2026-08-11
- highCVE-2026-18125: An out-of-bounds read in the Agent of Ivanti Endpoint Manager before version 2024 SU7 allows a…nvd · 2026-08-11
- criticalexploitedCVE-2026-6973: Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Improper Input Validation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-05-07
- criticalexploitedCVE-2026-1340: Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Code Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-04-08
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