CVE-2024-21888 High · 8.8 EPSS 85.4%
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.
Ivanti · ICS
Summary
A privilege escalation flaw in the web component of Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure lets a user elevate their privileges to administrator level. An attacker needs network access to the device and a low-privileged user account to exploit it, with no user interaction required.
Heading is the official description · CVE.org
Priority scorePatchfirst’s 0 to 100 ranking. It adds points for CISA KEV listing, ransomware use, EPSS, threat reports, public exploit code and CVSS. Every CVE page shows the breakdown. Breakdown
64.1 / 100
- Exploited
- Yes, in VulnCheck KEV
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 0/15
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 29 days after disclosure.
- Disclosedday 0
- First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence+29 days
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
No techniques linkedNo ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.
What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 29 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
- Actief misbruik van kwetsbaarheid in Ivanti Connect Secure [Nationaal Cyber Security Centrum - Nieuwsberichten]31 Jul 2026
- Salt Typhoon: An Analysis of Vulnerabilities Exploited by this State-Sponsored Actor - Blog | Tenable®27 Jan 2025
- CVEs Targeting Remote Access Technologies22 Apr 2024
- Zero-day vulnerability in Ivanti software26 Mar 2024
- Zero-day vulnerability in Ivanti software20 Mar 2024
- Magnet Goblin Targets Publicly Facing Servers Using 1-Day Vulnerabilities20 Mar 2024
- 23 more on OTX