# CVE-2024-22026: Privilege escalation in EPMM

> An authenticated local user can bypass shell restrictions to execute arbitrary commands on the Ivanti EPMM appliance, leading to privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.0/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:** 22 May 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4m76-9mrc-2hg5

## What is CVE-2024-22026?

CVE-2024-22026 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ivanti EPMM, published on 22 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in EPMM before 12.1.0.0 allows an authenticated local user to bypass shell restriction and execute arbitrary commands on the appliance.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22026?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-22026?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22026 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-22026 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22026 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Exploit POC for CVE-2024-22026 affecting Ivanti EPMM "MobileIron Core" (github_poc): https://github.com/securekomodo/CVE-2024-22026

## Other vulnerabilities in Ivanti EPMM

- [CVE-2023-35082](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35082/): Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) and MobileIron Core Authentication Bypass (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-35078](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35078/): Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile Authentication Bypass (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-1281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1281/): Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Code Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-1340](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1340/): Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Code Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-6973](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-6973/): Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Improper Input Validation (high 7.2, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-22026 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-22026 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ivanti EPMM, published on 22 May 2024. 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-2024-22026 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ivanti EPMM. 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-2024-22026/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22026/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22026
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22026
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-22026

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22026/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.