CVE-2024-21888 Privilege escalation in ICS
A privilege escalation flaw in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure allows users to gain administrator privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-21888?
CVE-2024-21888 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure, published on 31 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in web component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x) and Ivanti Policy Secure (9.x, 22.x) allows a user to elevate privileges to that of an administrator.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21888?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ivanti Connect Secure, Ivanti Policy Secure.
How do I fix CVE-2024-21888?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21888 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-21888 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21888 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure
- CVE-2021-22893 Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Use-After-Free
- CVE-2019-11510 Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Arbitrary File Read
- CVE-2024-21887 Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection
- CVE-2025-22457 Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2025-0282 Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
Sources
Also known as GHSA-24gf-6m5f-h6pg.