# CVE-2022-27773: Privilege escalation in Ivanti Endpoint Manger

> Attackers can execute commands with elevated privileges in Ivanti Endpoint Manager, requiring immediate patching by administrators.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 24 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w6h6-prfq-77c8

## What is CVE-2022-27773?

CVE-2022-27773 is a critical vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager, published on 5 Dec 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A privilege escalation vulnerability is identified in Ivanti EPM (LANDesk Management Suite) that allows a user to execute commands with elevated privileges.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-27773?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ivanti Endpoint Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-27773?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-27773 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-27773 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27773 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager

- [CVE-2024-13159](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13159/): Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) Absolute Path Traversal (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-13160](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13160/): Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) Absolute Path Traversal (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-13161](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13161/): Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) Absolute Path Traversal (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-29824](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29824/): Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) SQL Injection (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-1603](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1603/): Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) Authentication Bypass (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-27773 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-27773 is a critical vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager, published on 5 Dec 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27773 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ivanti Endpoint Manager. 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-2022-27773/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27773/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27773
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27773
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-27773

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27773/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.