CVE-2026-1281
Actively exploited. CVE-2026-1281 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-01-29) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2026-1281 is indexed in Metasploit. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
On 29 January 2026, Ivanti released a security advisory addressing two critical vulnerabilities in their EPMM products. An attacker could exploit those flaws to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution on the vulnerable device. One of these vulnerabilities have been exploited in a limited number of cases.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Two critical vulnerabilities allow unauthenticated remote code execution on vulnerable devices.
- Who is affected
- Customers using Ivanti EPMM products are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical as one of the vulnerabilities has been exploited in limited cases.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of Ivanti EPMM.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2026-1281 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
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Advisory coverage (3)
- critical2026-001: Critical vulnerabilities in Ivanti EPMMcert-eu · 2026-01-30
- unknown[Update] Multiple vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (January 30, 2026)cert-fr-alerte · 2026-01-30
- criticalexploitedCVE-2026-1281: Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Code Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-01-29
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