Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-22024

High

Published: 13 February 2024

Published
13 February 2024
Modified
31 October 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.9425 99.9th percentile
Risk Priority 73 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-22024 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure. Its CVSS base score is 8.3 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-22024 is an XML external entity vulnerability, tracked under CWE-611, that affects the SAML component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x), Ivanti Policy Secure (9.x, 22.x), and ZTA gateways. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.3 and enables access to certain restricted resources without requiring authentication.

An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue remotely over the network to reach protected resources that would otherwise be inaccessible. The EPSS score for the CVE is currently 0.9425, matching its recorded peak.

Ivanti has published advisory information on the vulnerability through its support forums. No details on real-world exploitation or additional context are available in the provided data.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An XML external entity or XXE vulnerability in the SAML component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x), Ivanti Policy Secure (9.x, 22.x) and ZTA gateways which allows an attacker to access certain restricted resources without authentication.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

ivanti
connect secure
22.4, 22.5, 9.1
ivanti
policy secure
22.5
ivanti
zero trust access gateway
22.6

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.

addresses: CWE-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

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