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CVE-2024-7593 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-06-22

Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager vulnerability

Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager contains an authentication bypass vulnerability allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts.

Verdict

Today item — known-exploited.

A remote attacker can bypass authentication controls to establish privileged access without credentials, enabling full system compromise and administrative control of the traffic management infrastructure.

CISA KEV Yes · 2024-09-243EPSS 0.99987 (verify live)4Exploit Weaponized · public PoC5
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Exploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
402 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-09-24).
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.99987 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Ivanti, Virtual Traffic Manager. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
NVD ↗Reported
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-287 Improper Authentication, CWE-303 CWE-303 — weakness family: Authentication.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
NVD ↗Reported
02

Who’s exploiting it?

— attribution turns risk into urgency
Attribution not established

No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.

03

Why it matters

— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board
1

Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1

Attacker
I send a crafted request to the Virtual Traffic Manager that exploits the authentication bypass to create a new administrator account.
Business
An attacker gains unrestricted administrative access to critical network traffic management systems.
2

Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2

Attacker
I use the newly created administrator credentials to access the management interface and modify traffic routing policies.
Business
Network traffic can be redirected, intercepted, or disrupted, affecting service availability and data integrity across dependent systems.
3

Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3

Attacker
I maintain persistent access by ensuring my administrative account remains active and hidden from legitimate administrators.
Business
The organization loses visibility and control over its traffic management layer, creating an ongoing security breach.
04

What to do

— defensible action
  • Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
05

Coverage & confidence

— what we know, and what we don’t

Established (cited)

  • KEV listing (CISA)
  • EPSS probability (FIRST)
  • Weaponized exploit available (VulnCheck)
  • 402 reported-exploitation source(s)
  • CWE weakness mapping (NVD)
  • Public exploit availability
  • Catalogued by ivanti (CNA)
  • Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden

  • No EUVD / GCVE mirror in feed — single-authority dependency for the identifier.
  • EPSS & exposure are time-varying; verify live at the source.
  • Threat-actor attribution not established from feed data — absence of a name is not absence of compromise.
  • No finder/reporter credit recorded in the public CVE entry — the work behind this find is unattributed.
  • Disclosure & credit2
    Catalogued by ivantiCNA
    Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.