Actively exploited in the wild
Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Ivanti - Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2025-04-04. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.
Required action: Apply mitigations as set forth in the CISA instructions linked below.
CVE-2025-22457
CriticalCVSS 9.0KEVExploitation Probability (EPSS)
Very high risk100th percentile - higher than 100% of all known CVEs
Summary
A stack-based buffer overflow in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.6, Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.4, and Ivanti ZTA Gateways before version 22.8R2.2. It allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution.
Risk Assessment
A remote unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary code on the device, potentially leading to full system compromise.
Recommendation
Update the software to the latest versions mentioned in the description and monitor systems for anomalies.
Other vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure
See all- CVE-2025-0282CriticalActively exploited
A stack-based buffer overflow in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.5, Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.2, and Ivanti Neurons for ZTA gateways before version 22.7R2.3. It allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution.
- CVE-2024-21893HighActively exploited
A server-side request forgery vulnerability in the SAML component of Ivanti Connect Secure, Ivanti Policy Secure, and Ivanti Neurons for ZTA. It allows an attacker to access certain restricted resources without authentication.
- CVE-2024-21887CriticalActively exploited
A command injection vulnerability in web components of Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure. It allows an authenticated administrator to send specially crafted requests and execute arbitrary commands on the appliance.
- CVE-2023-46805HighActively exploited
An authentication bypass vulnerability in the web component of Ivanti ICS 9.x, 22.x and Ivanti Policy Secure. It allows a remote attacker to access restricted resources by bypassing control checks.
Original NVD description (English source)
A stack-based buffer overflow in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.6, Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.4, and Ivanti ZTA Gateways before version 22.8R2.2 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution.