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CVE-2024-8963 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-06-22

Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) vulnerability

Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance contains a path traversal vulnerability allowing unauthenticated remote access to restricted functionality. When chained with CVE-2024-8190, attackers can bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands.

Verdict

Today item — known-exploited.

A critical unauthenticated remote code execution chain affecting Ivanti CSA. The path traversal enables initial access to restricted functions, which combined with authentication bypass leads to full appliance compromise and command execution.

CISA KEV Yes · 2024-09-193EPSS 0.98411 (verify live)4Exploit Public PoC5
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Exploit available
Public proof-of-concept exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
521 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 2024-09-19).
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.98411 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Ivanti, Cloud Services Appliance (CSA). Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
NVD ↗Reported
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-22 Path Traversal — weakness family: Path traversal / file.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
NVD ↗Reported
WeaknessCWE-22 · Path TraversalPath traversal / file
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 exploit the path traversal to access restricted appliance functionality without authentication.
Business
Attacker gains initial foothold on security-critical infrastructure with no credentials required.
2

Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2

Attacker
I chain this with CVE-2024-8190 to bypass administrative authentication controls.
Business
Administrative protections are rendered ineffective, escalating from information access to full control.
3

Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3

Attacker
I execute arbitrary commands on the compromised appliance.
Business
Complete system compromise enables data exfiltration, lateral movement, and persistent access to cloud infrastructure.
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)
  • Public PoC available (VulnCheck)
  • 521 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.