Ivanti Endpoint Manager Cloud Service Appliance (EPM CSA) Code Injection Vulnerability
Ivanti · Endpoint Manager Cloud Service Appliance (EPM CSA)
A code injection flaw in Ivanti's Endpoint Manager Cloud Service Appliance (EPM CSA) lets an attacker run arbitrary code on the appliance with limited "nobody" permissions. No authentication or user interaction is required, and the attack can be launched over the network.
A code injection vulnerability in the Ivanti EPM Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) allows an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code with limited permissions (nobody).
- Exploited
- Yes, in CISA KEV
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 1/15
How an attack unfolds
Based on MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. mappings. Select a step to see the evidence.Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
First seen exploited 2 years after disclosure. Public exploit code (Metasploit) was available 6 days before disclosure.
- Public exploit codeMetasploit6 days before
- Disclosedday 0
- First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence+2 yrs
- Added to CISA KEVknown ransomware use; EU database agrees+2 yrs
CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
2 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order 2Initial AccessTA0001
This vulnerability is exploited after an adversary sends a maliciously crafted cookie to the client endpoint (/client/index.php) to exploit Ivanti systems that utilized a malicious version of the "csrf-magic", which creates a backdoor into an Ivanti system. An unauthorized user can then execute malicious code stored in the cookie via Ivanti's "nobody" user account.
Detection
0 rules for this CVE · 166 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
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General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1190149 general rules
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Compromise Software Supply ChainT1195.00217 general rules
- Axios NPM Compromise File Creation Indicators - Linuxhighexperimental
- Axios NPM Compromise File Creation Indicators - MacOShighexperimental
- Axios NPM Compromise File Creation Indicators - Windowshighexperimental
- Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - Linuxhighexperimental
- Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - macOShighexperimental
- Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - Windowshighexperimental
- LiteLLM / TeamPCP Supply Chain Attack Indicatorshighexperimental
- Shai-Hulud 2.0 Malicious NPM Package Installationhighexperimental
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What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 29, 202628 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 28, 202627 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 27, 202626 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 24, 202623 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 23, 202622 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 22, 202621 Oct 2026
- 44 more on OTX