Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-38655

High

Published: 13 November 2024

Published
13 November 2024
Modified
27 June 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.1828 95.4th percentile
Risk Priority 25 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-38655 is a high-severity Argument Injection (CWE-88) vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 4.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

The vulnerability is an argument injection issue, tracked as CWE-88, that affects Ivanti Connect Secure prior to versions 22.7R2.1 and 9.1R18.9 as well as Ivanti Policy Secure prior to versions 22.7R1.1 and 9.1R18.9. It received a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.2 reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability when successfully exploited.

A remote attacker who already possesses authenticated administrative credentials can supply crafted arguments to the affected components, resulting in arbitrary code execution on the appliance. No user interaction is required, and the attack can be launched over the network.

Ivanti’s security advisory recommends immediate upgrade to the fixed releases listed above and provides additional hardening guidance for organizations unable to patch promptly. The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1828 since disclosure, indicating no material increase in observed exploitation interest to date.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Argument injection in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.1 and 9.1R18.9 and Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.1 and 9.1R18.9 allows a remote authenticated attacker with admin privileges to achieve remote code execution.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

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

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References