# CVE-2024-8441: Privilege escalation in Endpoint Manager

> A local authenticated attacker with admin privileges can escalate to SYSTEM via an uncontrolled search path in the Ivanti EPM agent.

- **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:** 10 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 12 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h926-5fmr-p532

## What is CVE-2024-8441?

CVE-2024-8441 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager, published on 10 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An uncontrolled search path in the agent of Ivanti EPM before 2022 SU6, or the 2024 September update allows a local authenticated attacker with admin privileges to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8441?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ivanti Endpoint Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8441?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8441 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8441 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8441 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-2024-8441 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8441 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager, published on 10 Sep 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-2024-8441 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-2024-8441/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8441/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8441
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8441
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8441

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8441/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.