# CVE-2024-37404: Code injection in Connect Secure

> Remote authenticated attackers can achieve remote code execution via improper input validation in the admin portal of Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/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:** 18 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wh9v-jwf3-x8xj

## What is CVE-2024-37404?

CVE-2024-37404 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure, published on 18 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Input Validation in the admin portal of Ivanti Connect Secure before 22.7R2.1 and 9.1R18.9, or Ivanti Policy Secure before 22.7R1.1 allows a remote authenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37404?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ivanti Connect Secure, Ivanti Policy Secure.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-37404?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37404 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-37404 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-37404 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Ivanti Connect Secure Authenticated Remote Code Execution via OpenSSL CRLF Injection (metasploit)

## Other vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure

- [CVE-2021-22893](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22893/): Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Use-After-Free (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-11510](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11510/): Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Arbitrary File Read (critical 9.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-21887](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21887/): Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection (critical 9.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-22457](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22457/): Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow (critical 9.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-0282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0282/): Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow (critical 9.0, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37404 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-37404 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure, published on 18 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-37404 exists.

Affected product: Ivanti Connect Secure. 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-2024-37404/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37404/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37404
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37404
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37404

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37404/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.