CVE-2023-38035

Ivanti Sentry: Authentication Bypass

As of , CVE-2023-38035 in Ivanti Sentry 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 22 August 2023
US federal deadline
12 September 202321 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Known
EPSS score
0.99Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.00 on 22 August 2023EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
1 Metasploit module
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 Sentry, formerly known as MobileIron Sentry, contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that may allow an attacker to bypass authentication controls on the administrative interface due to an insufficiently restrictive Apache HTTPD configuration.

CISA's description

A security vulnerability in MICS Admin Portal in Ivanti MobileIron Sentry versions 9.18.0 and below, which may allow an attacker to bypass authentication controls on the administrative interface due to an insufficiently restrictive Apache HTTPD configuration.

The CVE record's description, from hackerone

CVE published
21 August 2023
Assigned by
hackerone
CVSS
9.8 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-863
Incorrect Authorization
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
yes
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

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

Public exploits

Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.

  • Metasploit: Ivanti Sentry MICSLogService Auth Bypass resulting in RCE (CVE-2023-38035)exploit module, rank excellent

Sentry: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2026-10520OS Command InjectionIvanti SentryPatch this weekEPSS 0.990.99

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