# CVE-2025-10986: Path traversal in Endpoint Manager Mobile

> Remote authenticated admin can write data to unintended disk locations via path traversal in Ivanti EPMM admin panel.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 14 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vq75-ppw9-v9ch

## What is CVE-2025-10986?

CVE-2025-10986 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile, published on 14 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Path traversal in the admin panel of Ivanti EPMM before version 12.6.0.2, 12.5.0.4, and 12.4.0.4 allows a remote authenticated attacker with admin privileges to write data in unintended locations on disk.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10986?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-10986?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10986 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-10986 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10986 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile

- [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-2025-10986 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-10986 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile, published on 14 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10986 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile. 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-2025-10986/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10986/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10986
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10986
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-10986

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10986/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.