Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection Vulnerability
CVE-2024-21887 is a security vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure, added to CISA KEV on January 10, 2024. Patch priority: Patch now. Known ransomware use: yes.
What it is
Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS, formerly known as Pulse Connect Secure) and Ivanti Policy Secure contain a command injection vulnerability in the web components of these products, which can allow an authenticated administrator to send crafted requests to execute code on affected appliances. This vulnerability can be leveraged in conjunction with CVE-2023-46805, an authenticated bypass issue.
Known to be used in ransomware campaigns. Active threat actors have chained this vulnerability into ransomware operations — treat patching as a same-week priority, not a "next maintenance window" task. The fix is the same one below; the urgency is higher.
Who's affected
Affects anyone using Ivanti VPN (Connect Secure or Pulse) or Ivanti endpoint management. The VPN is what remote workers use to reach internal systems; the endpoint management tool typically has admin reach into every laptop — exploitation in either is high-impact.
What to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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Insurance readiness
Your insurer will ask if this is patched.
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CVSS base score: 9.1 — CRITICAL
Weakness classification: CWE-77
CISA due date
Federal deadline: January 22, 2024. Federal agencies must complete the required action by this date. For private SMBs the deadline is advisory — but treat it as a strong recommendation, especially if you handle regulated data (HIPAA, GLBA, ABA model rules).
EPSS
EPSS score: 100.0% — higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.
EPSS estimates the probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days. Every entry on this site is already confirmed exploited, so read it as relative urgency among the things you still have open, not as permission to wait.
Other exploited Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure entries
More CISA KEV entries for Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure. Same product line, same actively-exploited status.
Source
This entry comes from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, public US-Government data we pull daily. The plain-language framing and the what-to-do guidance above are ours. View the original entry on cisa.gov.