Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-6973

HighCISA KEVActive Exploitation

Published: 07 May 2026

Published
07 May 2026
Modified
07 May 2026
KEV Added
07 May 2026
Patch
CVSS Score 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0613 90.9th percentile
Risk Priority 38 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-6973 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 9.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; CISA has added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190).
Threat & Defense Details

Likely Mitigating ControlsAI

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-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Why these techniques?

Improper input validation in a remotely accessible management server (Ivanti EPMM) directly enables remote code execution by an authenticated administrator, mapping to exploitation of a public-facing or remotely exposed application.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

An Improper Input Validation in Ivanti EPMM before versions 12.6.1.1, 12.7.0.1, and 12.8.0.1 allows a remotely authenticated user with administrative access to achieve remote code execution.

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)
KEV Date Added
07 May 2026

Affected Products

ivanti
endpoint manager mobile
12.7.0.0, 12.8.0.0 · ≤ 12.6.1.1

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