CVE-2024-8963

Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA): Path Traversal

As of , CVE-2024-8963 in Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) 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 19 September 2024
US federal deadline
10 October 202421 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.99Higher 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

As Ivanti CSA has reached End-of-Life status, users are urged to remove CSA 4.6.x from service or upgrade to the 5.0.x line of supported solutions, as future vulnerabilities on the 4.6.x version of CSA are unlikely to receive security updates.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to access restricted functionality. If CVE-2024-8963 is used in conjunction with CVE-2024-8190, an attacker could bypass admin authentication and execute arbitrary commands on the appliance.

CISA's description

Path Traversal in the Ivanti CSA before 4.6 Patch 519 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to access restricted functionality.

The CVE record's description, from ivanti

CVE published
19 September 2024
Assigned by
ivanti
CVSS
9.4 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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.

Cloud Services Appliance (CSA): other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2024-9380OS Command InjectionIvanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA)Patch this weekEPSS 0.600.60
CVE-2024-9379SQL InjectionIvanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA)Patch soon0.44

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