CVE-2025-5450 Missing authorization in Connect Secure
Remote authenticated admin with read-only rights can modify restricted certificate management settings in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-5450?
CVE-2025-5450 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure, published on 8 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper access control in the certificate management component of Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.8 and Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.5 allows a remote authenticated admin with read-only rights to modify settings that should be restricted.
Weakness: CWE-602
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5450?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ivanti Connect Secure, Ivanti Policy Secure.
How do I fix CVE-2025-5450?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5450 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-5450 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5450 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure
- CVE-2021-22893 Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Use-After-Free
- CVE-2019-11510 Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Arbitrary File Read
- CVE-2024-21887 Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection
- CVE-2025-22457 Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2025-0282 Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jm8p-8v2h-26pm.