# CVE-2022-21828: Deserialization in Ivanti Incapptic Connect

> High-privilege users can remotely execute code on the Ivanti Incapptic Connect server via an unspecified attack vector.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8v5g-6h8h-cgr2

## What is CVE-2022-21828?

CVE-2022-21828 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Ivanti Incapptic Connect, published on 4 Mar 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A user with high privilege access to the Incapptic Connect web console can remotely execute code on the Incapptic Connect server using a unspecified attack vector in Incapptic Connect version 1.40.0, 1.39.1, 1.39.0, 1.38.1, 1.38.0, 1.37.1, 1.37.0, 1.36.0, 1.35.5, 1.35.4 and 1.35.3.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21828?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ivanti Incapptic Connect.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-21828?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21828 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-21828 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21828 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ivanti Incapptic Connect

- [CVE-2022-22572](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22572/): Privilege escalation in Ivanti Incapptic Connect (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-22571](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22571/): Cross-site scripting in Ivanti Incapptic Connect (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-21828 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-21828 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Ivanti Incapptic Connect, published on 4 Mar 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21828 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ivanti Incapptic Connect. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21828/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21828/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21828
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21828
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21828

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21828/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.