CVE-2024-11006
Published: 12 November 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-11006 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 4.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2024-11006 is a command injection issue, tracked as CWE-78, that affects Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.1 and Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.1, with the 9.1Rx branches explicitly excluded. The flaw permits improper neutralization of special elements used in OS commands, leading to arbitrary command execution on the underlying system.
A remote authenticated attacker with administrative privileges can exploit the weakness over the network with low attack complexity to obtain remote code execution, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability as reflected in the CVSS 9.1 score.
The referenced Ivanti security advisory addresses this CVE alongside related issues and directs administrators to apply the fixed releases 22.7R2.1 for Connect Secure and 22.7R1.1 for Policy Secure.
The associated EPSS score rose from lower values after disclosure to a peak of 0.2793 before receding to the current level of 0.2217.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-33606
Vulnerability details
Command injection in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.1 (Not Applicable to 9.1Rx) and Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.1 (Not Applicable to 9.1Rx) allows a remote authenticated attacker with admin privileges to achieve remote code execution.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.