CVE-2024-22024 — Connect Secure
HIGHCVE-2024-22024 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.3) XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in ivanti connect secure. 2 public exploit references exist, so weaponization risk is real. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
An XML external entity or XXE vulnerability in the SAML component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x), Ivanti Policy Secure (9.x, 22.x) and ZTA gateways which allows an attacker to…
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-22024.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2024-22024 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). In the shaded patch-first corner (EPSS 50%+, CVSS 7.0+).
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 395,249 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the ≥ 90% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Description
An XML external entity or XXE vulnerability in the SAML component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x), Ivanti Policy Secure (9.x, 22.x) and ZTA gateways which allows an attacker to access certain restricted resources without authentication.
Affected Products
connect secureivantipolicy secureivantizero trust access gatewayivantiResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Vendor / applianceDetect
Inventory every ivanti connect secure deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above.
Remediation status
No patch has shipped for CVE-2024-22024 yet — track the ivanti connect secure advisory for a fixed release and apply the workarounds below in the meantime.
Mitigate without a patch
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands. Alongside that, restrict the management interface to trusted networks and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations.
How to detect CVE-2024-22024
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id cve-2024-22024 -u https://target- Template
- Ivanti Connect Secure - XXE
- Severity
- high
- Impact
- Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information or remote code execution.
- Remediation
- Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by Ivanti to fix the XXE vulnerability.
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (watchTowr), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-22024 being exploited in your environment?
Detect and block the exploit chain at execution, on systems you cannot patch yet.