# CVE-2024-38648: Hardcoded credentials in DSM

> An authenticated attacker on an adjacent network can decrypt sensitive data, including user credentials, due to a hardcoded secret in Ivanti DSM.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 14 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8vv2-mwjj-9vr6

## What is CVE-2024-38648?

CVE-2024-38648 is a critical vulnerability in Ivanti DSM, published on 12 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A hardcoded secret in Ivanti DSM before 2024.2 allows an authenticated attacker on an adjacent network to decrypt sensitive data including user credentials.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38648?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ivanti Desktop \& Server Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38648?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38648 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38648 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38648 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ivanti DSM

- [CVE-2026-3483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3483/): Privilege escalation in Desktop and Server Management (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-29213](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29213/): Privilege escalation in DSM (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-29821](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29821/): Privilege escalation in DSM (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-28129](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28129/): Command injection in Desktop & Server Management (DSM) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-7572](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7572/): Missing authorization in Desktop and Server Management (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38648 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38648 is a critical vulnerability in Ivanti DSM, published on 12 Jul 2025. 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-2024-38648 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ivanti DSM. 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-2024-38648/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38648/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38648
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38648
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38648

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38648/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.