Used in attacks· fix by 2025-01-159.0CriticalUsed by ransomware gangs

Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways

CVE-2025-0282

Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways contain a stack-based buffer overflow which can lead to unauthenticated remote code execution.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • Attackers are already using it. CISA added it to its list of flaws used in real attacks on 8 January 2025.
  • Ransomware gangs are known to have used it.
  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 100% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 99% of all known flaws.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
  3. 3Treat it as urgent. US federal agencies must fix it by 15 January 2025. That deadline does not apply to private companies, but it shows how seriously CISA takes it.
  4. 4Because attackers have used it, check the affected systems for signs of a break-in, not only for the update.

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Required action

Apply mitigations as set forth in the CISA instructions linked below to include conducting hunt activities, taking remediation actions if applicable, and applying updates prior to returning a device to service.

CISA’s wording, unedited.

Scoring

CVSS
9.0 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-121
Assigned by
3c1d8aa1-5a33-4ea4-8992-aadd6440af75

Dates

Published
2025-01-08
Last modified
2026-10-01
Added to KEV
2025-01-08
Remediation due
2025-01-15
Sources
CISA KEV, NVD

Affected products

  • Ivanti Connect Secure22.7
  • Ivanti Neurons For Zero-Trust Access22.7
  • Ivanti Policy Secure22.7

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References