Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability

Absolute path traversal in Ivanti EPM before the 2024 January-2025 Security Update and 2022 SU6 January-2025 Security Update allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to leak sensitive information.

CheckOps priority index

9.0/10 Patch within 24 h

Severity9.8

Probability9.0

Exploitation4/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 89.8% higher than 99.8% of CVEs

CVSS 3.1 9.8 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:

Exploited for 603 days 10 Mar 2025

CISA due date 31 Mar 2025 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 4 / 5

KEV catalog (CISA)10 Mar 2025
Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)10 Mar 2025
Used by ransomwareno
EPSS above 10 %89.8%
No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Affected products

Endpoint ManagerEndpoint Manager (EPM)

Affected versions

patch: 2024 January-2025 Security Update
patch: 2022 SU6 January-2025 Security Update

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-36

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

14 Jan 2025
Published
10 Mar 2025
Exploitation reported (ENISA)
10 Mar 2025
Added to the KEV catalog
31 Mar 2025
CISA remediation due date
26 Sept 2026
EPSS peak: 90.1%

References

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