CVE-2025-22460

Privilege escalation via default database credentials

Published May 13, 2025 · Updated May 13, 2025

Default credentials in Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance before 5.0.5 allow local users to gain elevated database privileges. The appliance creates a gsbuser PostgreSQL account with a shared default password and rights to read users, alter configuration, and delete table contents. Exploitation requires authenticated local access to the appliance, after which the database account permits broad compromise of CSA data and configuration.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.33%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Default credentials in Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance before 5.0.5 allow local users to gain elevated database privileges. The appliance creates a gsbuser PostgreSQL account with a shared default password and rights to read users, alter configuration, and delete table contents. Exploitation requires authenticated local access to the appliance, after which the database account permits broad compromise of CSA data and configuration.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-22460
Published
May 13, 2025
Updated
May 13, 2025
Vendor
Ivanti
Product
Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance
Classifications
CWE-1392, T1078.001
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Ivanti · Ivanti Cloud Services ApplianceAffected versions are unavailable in this record.

Published CVSS scores

7.8IvantiCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-1392Use of Default Credentials
T1078.001Valid Accounts Default Accounts

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