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CVE-2026-1603 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-06-22

Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) vulnerability

Ivanti Endpoint Manager contains an authentication bypass vulnerability allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to leak stored credential data through an alternate path or channel.

Verdict

Today item — known-exploited.

A remote unauthenticated attacker can bypass authentication in Ivanti Endpoint Manager to access and exfiltrate stored credentials. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, presenting immediate risk to organizations using affected versions.

CISA KEV Yes · 2026-03-093EPSS 0.81089 (verify live)4
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Reported exploitation
85 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 2026-03-09).
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.81089 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Ivanti, Endpoint Manager (EPM). Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
NVD ↗Reported
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-288 Auth Bypass via Alternate Path — 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 identify that Ivanti Endpoint Manager accepts requests through an alternate authentication path that does not enforce credential validation.
Business
Attackers gain unauthenticated access to the management interface without requiring valid credentials.
2

Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2

Attacker
I query the alternate path to retrieve stored credential data cached or persisted within the application.
Business
Sensitive credentials stored in Endpoint Manager become accessible to unauthorized parties.
3

Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3

Attacker
I exfiltrate the leaked credentials for use in lateral movement or further compromise of managed endpoints.
Business
Compromised credentials enable attackers to access endpoints and systems managed by EPM, expanding the breach scope across the organization's 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)
  • 85 reported-exploitation source(s)
  • CWE weakness mapping (NVD)
  • 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.