# CVE-2025-43716: Path traversal in LANDesk Management Suite

> Attackers can bypass access controls via directory traversal to expose sensitive device information in the unsupported Ivanti LANDesk Management Gateway.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-92h7-q9m9-98h8

## What is CVE-2025-43716?

CVE-2025-43716 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ivanti LANDesk Management Suite, published on 23 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in Ivanti LANDesk Management Gateway through 4.2-1.9. By appending %3F.php to the URI of the /client/index.php endpoint, an attacker can bypass access controls and gain unauthorized access to various endpoints such as /client/index.php%3F.php/gsb/firewall.php within the management web panel, potentially exposing sensitive device information. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Weakness: CWE-180 (Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43716?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-43716?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43716 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-43716 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43716 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-43716 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-43716 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ivanti LANDesk Management Suite, published on 23 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43716 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ivanti LANDesk Management Suite. 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-2025-43716/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43716/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-43716
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43716
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43716

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43716/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.