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CVE-2026-10520 KEVPublic exploit Critical · 10.0 EPSS 99.9%

Ivanti Sentry OS Command Injection Vulnerability

Ivanti · Sentry

Summary

The Ivanti Sentry product contains an OS command injection flaw in its operating system command handling, affecting versions prior to R10.5.2, R10.6.2 and R10.7.1. A remote attacker with no authentication and no user interaction needed can exploit it over the network to execute commands with root-level privileges on the affected system.

Official description · NVD

An OS Command Injection vulnerability in Ivanti Sentry before the R10.5.2, R10.6.2 and R10.7.1 versions allows a remote unauthenticated user to achieve root-level remote code execution

Breakdown
75.0 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in CISA KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
2/15

How an attack unfolds

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  1. How attackers get in

  2. What they do

First seen exploited 1 day after disclosure. Public exploit code (PoC-in-GitHub) was available the same day.

  1. DisclosedPublic exploit codePoC-in-GitHubday 0
  2. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence+1 day
  3. Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees+2 days

CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.

techniques

2 , grouped by in kill-chain order, 2 cited passages 2

Initial AccessTA0001

Exploit Public-Facing Application T1190 Medium
AI mapping from the description · how it is exploited

Remote unauthenticated exploitation of public-facing Sentry

allows a remote unauthenticated user to achieve root-level remote code execution
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ExecutionTA0002

Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059 Medium
AI mapping from the description · primary impact

OS command injection yields command execution

An OS Command Injection vulnerability in Ivanti Sentry
From the official description (NVD) Original (opens in a new tab) ↗

Detection

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What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

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