CVE-2025-5468 Path traversal in Connect Secure
A local authenticated attacker can read arbitrary files on disk due to improper symbolic link handling in Ivanti secure access products.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-5468?
CVE-2025-5468 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure, published on 12 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper handling of symbolic links in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.8 or 22.8R2, Ivanti Policy Secure before 22.7R1.5, Ivanti ZTA Gateway before 22.8R2.3-723 and Ivanti Neurons for Secure Access before 22.8R1.4 (Fix deployed on 02-Aug-2025) allows a local authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files on disk.
Weakness: CWE-61
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5468?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Ivanti Connect Secure, Ivanti Neurons for Secure Access, Ivanti Policy Secure, Ivanti Zero Trust Access Gateway.
How do I fix CVE-2025-5468?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5468 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-5468 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5468 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-3pr6-5rrr-cqpq.