CVE-2025-22462
Published: 13 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-22462 is a critical-severity Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (CWE-288) vulnerability in Ivanti Neurons For Itsm. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
An authentication bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-22462 affects Ivanti Neurons for ITSM in on-premises deployments prior to versions 2023.4, 2024.2, and 2024.3 with the May 2025 Security Patch. The flaw, assigned CWE-288 and carrying a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, resides in the product's authentication mechanism and permits unauthorized access without requiring credentials or user interaction.
A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue over the network to obtain administrative privileges on the affected system, resulting in full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the ITSM instance.
The vendor advisory published by Ivanti directs customers to apply the May 2025 Security Patch for the listed versions, which resolves the authentication bypass in on-premises installations.
The associated EPSS score remains flat at 0.0662 with no material increase observed since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-14498
Vulnerability details
An authentication bypass in Ivanti Neurons for ITSM (on-prem only) before 2023.4, 2024.2 and 2024.3 with the May 2025 Security Patch allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to gain administrative access to the system.
- CWE(s)
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.
Authorizing remote access reduces the ability to bypass authentication via unauthorized alternate remote channels.
Users can identify logons via alternate paths or channels by reviewing the previous logon time.
Adaptive requirements can apply across access paths, reducing the ability to bypass authentication via alternate channels or paths.
Centralized IdPs close alternate authentication paths that enable bypass.
Enforces authentication for non-organizational users, making it harder to bypass via alternate paths or channels.
Requires authentication to occur exclusively over the isolated trusted path, directly preventing bypass via alternate or untrusted channels.