CVE-2023-35081

Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM): Path Traversal

As of , CVE-2023-35081 in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 31 July 2023
US federal deadline
21 August 202321 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.64Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
No score that dayThe EPSS file of the day CISA listed it has no score for it.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
Vendor advice: forums.ivanti.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.

What CISA says to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) contains a path traversal vulnerability that enables an authenticated administrator to perform malicious file writes to the EPMM server. This vulnerability can be used in conjunction with CVE-2023-35078 to bypass authentication and ACLs restrictions (if applicable).

CISA's description

A path traversal vulnerability in Ivanti EPMM versions (11.10.x < 11.10.0.3, 11.9.x < 11.9.1.2 and 11.8.x < 11.8.1.2) allows an authenticated administrator to write arbitrary files onto the appliance.

The CVE record's description, from hackerone

CVE published
3 August 2023
Assigned by
hackerone
CVSS
7.2 High (CVSS 3.0, from the CNA)
CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  2. The CVE record was published.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM): other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2026-1340Code InjectionIvanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM)Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.990.99
CVE-2026-1281Code InjectionIvanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM)Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.990.99
CVE-2025-4427Authentication BypassIvanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM)Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.990.99
CVE-2025-4428Code InjectionIvanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM)Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.870.87
CVE-2023-35078Endpoint Manager Mobile Authentication BypassIvanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM)Patch this weekRansomware use; EPSS 0.990.99
CVE-2026-6973Improper Input ValidationIvanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM)Patch soon0.03

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