# CVE-2022-30121: Privilege escalation in Ivanti Endpoint Manager

> A local attacker can exploit the LANDesk Management Agent service to escalate privileges to administrator by launching signed executables.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 22 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vcqh-2q2g-pgc3

## What is CVE-2022-30121?

CVE-2022-30121 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager, published on 23 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The “LANDesk(R) Management Agent” service exposes a socket and once connected, it is possible to launch commands only for signed executables. This is a security bug that allows a limited user to get escalated admin privileges on their system.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-30121?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ivanti Endpoint Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-30121?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-30121 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-30121 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30121 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-2022-30121 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-30121 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager, published on 23 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30121 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-2022-30121/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30121/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-30121
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30121
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-30121

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30121/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.