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CVE-2024-21888: ivanti connect_secure Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
Published 31-01-2024Last modified 16-12-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-21888 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in ivanti connect_secure. EPSS estimates a 85.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
52/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
85.42%
0%100%
Critical · -1.39 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 31-01-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-12-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in web component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x) and Ivanti Policy Secure (9.x, 22.x) allows a user to elevate privileges to that of an administrator.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

85.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

100%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-1.39 pp

From 86.81% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
85.42%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ivanti4 products
  • connect_secure9.0 | 9.0:r1 | 9.0:r2 | 9.0:r2.1 | 9.0:r3 | 9.0:r3.1 | 9.0:r3.2 | 9.0:r3.3 | 9.0:r3.5 | 9.0:r4 | 9.0:r4.1 | 9.0:r5.0 | 9.0:r6.0 | 9.1:r1 | 9.1:r1.0 | 9.1:r11 | 9.1:r11.3 | 9.1:r11.4 | 9.1:r11.5 | 9.1:r12 | 9.1:r12.1 | 9.1:r13 | 9.1:r13.1 | 9.1:r14 | 9.1:r15 | 9.1:r15.2 | 9.1:r16 | 9.1:r16.1 | 9.1:r17 | 9.1:r17.1 | 9.1:r18 | 9.1:r18.1 | 9.1:r18.2 | 9.1:r2 | 9.1:r3 | 9.1:r4 | 9.1:r4.1 | 9.1:r4.2 | 9.1:r4.3 | 9.1:r5 | 9.1:r6 | 9.1:r7 | 9.1:r8 | 9.1:r8.1 | 9.1:r8.2 | 9.1:r9 | 9.1:r9.1 | 21.9:r1 | 21.12:r1 | 22.1:r1 | 22.1:r6 | 22.2 | 22.2:r1 | 22.3:r1 | 22.4:r1 | 22.4:r2.1 | 22.6 | 22.6:r1 | 22.6:r2 | 22.6:r2.1
  • ics9.1R18 | 22.6R2
  • ips9.1R18 | 22.6R1
  • policy_secure9.0 | 9.0:r1 | 9.0:r2 | 9.0:r2.1 | 9.0:r3 | 9.0:r3.1 | 9.0:r4 | 9.1 | 9.1:r1 | 9.1:r10 | 9.1:r11 | 9.1:r12 | 9.1:r13 | 9.1:r13.1 | 9.1:r14 | 9.1:r15 | 9.1:r16 | 9.1:r17 | 9.1:r18 | 9.1:r18.1 | 9.1:r18.2 | 9.1:r2 | 9.1:r3 | 9.1:r3.1 | 9.1:r4 | 9.1:r4.1 | 9.1:r4.2 | 9.1:r4.3 | 9.1:r5 | 9.1:r6 | 9.1:r7 | 9.1:r8 | 9.1:r8.1 | 9.1:r8.2 | 9.1:r9 | 22.1:r1 | 22.1:r6 | 22.2:r1 | 22.2:r3 | 22.3:r1 | 22.3:r3 | 22.4:r1 | 22.4:r2 | 22.4:r2.1 | 22.5:r1 | 22.6:r1

1 vendor · 4 products

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