Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-11633

Ivanti Connect Secure ≤ 22.7

Published
10 December 2024
Modified
17 January 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 0.017 75th percentile
Risk Priority 71 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-11633 is a critical-severity Argument Injection (CWE-88) 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 25% 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-2024-11633 is an argument injection vulnerability, tracked as CWE-88, that affects Ivanti Connect Secure prior to version 22.7R2.4. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.1 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, high-privileged authentication requirements, and impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability in a changed scope.

A remote authenticated attacker holding administrative privileges can supply crafted arguments to the affected component and obtain remote code execution on the target appliance.

The vendor advisory published in December 2024 directs customers to upgrade Ivanti Connect Secure (and the related Policy Secure product) to 22.7R2.4 or later to remediate the issue. The EPSS score reached a peak of 0.1922 with a current value of 0.1269.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Argument injection in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.4 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.
T1059.003 Windows Command Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse the Windows command shell for execution.
T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

ivanti
connect 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)
  • V1.2.5

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing can discover argument-injection flaws in command-construction code but does not stop their introduction.

Input validation directly stops construction of command strings containing unneutralized delimiters or injected arguments.

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

Secure SDLC practices directly require proper input validation and command construction to prevent argument injection.

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.

finds

Security testing can detect argument injection but does not prevent it at the source.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and command construction practices that directly prevent argument injection.

prevents

Application security requirements include explicit rules for safe command-line argument handling and escaping.

prevents

Secure architecture principles discourage unsafe command invocation patterns and favor safer APIs.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly require proper neutralization of command arguments, directly eliminating CWE-88.

none

Change management can catch unsafe command patterns during reviews but is not a direct mitigation.

References