Authenticated administrator escalation via undisclosed web flaw
Published Jan 31, 2024 · Updated Dec 16, 2025
Privilege escalation in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure 9.x and 22.x allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator rights. The affected web component improperly grants elevated privileges, but Ivanti has not disclosed the request path, parameter, or faulty authorization operation. A low-privileged account and network access to the gateway are required; successful exploitation yields administrator control over the appliance.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure 9.x and 22.x allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator rights. The affected web component improperly grants elevated privileges, but Ivanti has not disclosed the request path, parameter, or faulty authorization operation. A low-privileged account and network access to the gateway are required; successful exploitation yields administrator control over the appliance.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-21888
- Published
- Jan 31, 2024
- Updated
- Dec 16, 2025
- Vendor
- Ivanti
- Product
- Connect Secure
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 31, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=22.0 <23.0
- Affected versionversion=9.0 <10.0
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