Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-10644

RCE in Ivanti Connect Secure ≤ 22.7

Published
11 February 2025
Modified
14 July 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.023 82th percentile
Risk Priority 72 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-10644 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked in the top 18% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2024-10644 is a code injection vulnerability, tracked under CWE-94, that affects Ivanti Connect Secure prior to version 22.7R2.4 and Ivanti Policy Secure prior to version 22.7R1.3. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.1 and permits an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code on the affected appliance.

A remote authenticated attacker who already possesses administrative privileges can exploit the issue over the network with low attack complexity to obtain remote code execution on the target system, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the security context of the appliance.

The February Security Advisory published by Ivanti addresses this and related CVEs and is available at the vendor forum link provided in the references.

EPSS for the vulnerability rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.2466 on 2025-12-11 before receding to the current value of 0.0398, indicating a period of increased exploitation interest after disclosure.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Code injection in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.4 and Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.3 allows a remote authenticated attacker with admin privileges to achieve remote code execution.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
T1059.001 PowerShell Execution
Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution.
T1059.002 AppleScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse AppleScript for execution.
T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
T1059.005 Visual Basic Execution
Adversaries may abuse Visual Basic (VB) for execution.
T1059.006 Python Execution
Adversaries may abuse Python commands and scripts for execution.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2020-8243Same product: Ivanti Connect Secure
CVE-2020-8218Same product: Ivanti Connect Secure
CVE-2024-11007Same product: Ivanti Connect Secure
CVE-2024-21887Same product: Ivanti Connect Secure
CVE-2021-22894Same product: Ivanti Connect Secure
CVE-2024-9420Same product: Ivanti Connect Secure
CVE-2024-47909Same product: Ivanti Connect Secure
CVE-2024-47905Same product: Ivanti Connect Secure
CVE-2024-22023Same product: Ivanti Connect Secure
CVE-2024-22052Same product: Ivanti Connect Secure

Affected Assets

ivanti
connect secure
22.7 · ≤ 22.7
ivanti
policy secure
22.7 · ≤ 22.7

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.3.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation finds code paths that accept and execute externally influenced strings.

Input validation directly stops untrusted data from being used to construct executable code without neutralization.

Least privilege limits the damage an injected code fragment can perform once executed.

Requiring documented secure development standards and tools enforces use of safe code-generation APIs and escaping.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly target injection flaws via secure coding and testing (mostly), yet as a single broad outcome it leaves many code-generation specifics unaddressed (partial).

PR.DS-10 none match
prevents

PR.DS-10 protects runtime data confidentiality/integrity but has no bearing on neutralizing externally influenced input during code generation, so neither direction shows any preventive effect.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Banning unapproved code samples and unauthenticated web services, combined with secure-coding standards and SAST, prevents the dynamic generation or inclusion of attacker-supplied code.

none

Controls that restrict unauthorized or malicious code from being introduced via external networks or removable media limit opportunities for an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code.

References