Ivanti Zero-Days: Your VPN is a Bullseye, Again.
Another week, another critical vulnerability chain, and this time it’s Ivanti Connect Secure VPNs taking the hit. Multiple zero-day flaws are being actively exploited in the wild, leaving organizations scrambling to patch and mitigate.
This isn’t just one flaw; it’s a chain of vulnerabilities, including authentication bypass (CVE-2023-46805), command injection (CVE-2024-21887), server-side request forgery (CVE-2024-21893), and privilege escalation (CVE-2024-21888, CVE-2024-22024)[1]. These allow unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable appliances. Threat actors, including state-sponsored groups like ‘UNC5221’ (linked to China), have been observed actively exploiting these flaws to deploy web shells, backdoors, and gain persistent access to corporate networks[2].
If your organization uses Ivanti Connect Secure or Policy Secure VPNs, this is a five-alarm fire. These devices are often the gateway to your
