# CVE-2025-22460: Hardcoded credentials in CSA (Cloud Services Appliance)

> A local authenticated attacker can escalate privileges using default credentials in Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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:** 13 May 2025
- **Updated:** 13 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9589-rvqc-62cg

## What is CVE-2025-22460?

CVE-2025-22460 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ivanti CSA (Cloud Services Appliance), published on 13 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Default credentials in Ivanti Cloud Services Application before version 5.0.5 allows a local authenticated attacker to escalate their privileges.

Weakness: CWE-1392 (Use of Default Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22460?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-22460?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22460 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-22460 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22460 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ivanti CSA (Cloud Services Appliance)

- [CVE-2024-8190](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8190/): Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance OS Command Injection (high 7.2, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-11639](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11639/): Auth bypass in Cloud Services Application (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-47908](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47908/): Command injection in Cloud Services Application (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-11772](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11772/): Command injection in Cloud Services Application (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-11773](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11773/): SQL injection in Cloud Services Application (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-22460 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-22460 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ivanti CSA (Cloud Services Appliance), published on 13 May 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-2025-22460 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ivanti CSA (Cloud Services Appliance). 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-2025-22460/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22460/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22460
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22460
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-22460

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22460/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.