CVE-2026-1281
CRITICALCVE-2026-1281 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) Code Injection vulnerability. It is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-01-29) — treat it as actively exploited and patch now. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
A code injection in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile allowing attackers to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution.
Exploitation Status
Actively exploited in the wild
- Confirmed by CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-01-29. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2026-02-01.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA (KEV catalog and SSVC triage) for CVE-2026-1281.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2026-1281 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 394,803 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the ≥ 90% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Description
A code injection in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile allowing attackers to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution.
Affected Products
endpoint manager mobileivantiResearch 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
VulnerabilityDetect
Identify every host running the affected component and compare the installed build against the fixed version below — for source-built or distro-packaged software the version string, not a lockfile, is the source of truth (`dpkg -l`, `rpm -q`, or the binary's own `--version`).
Remediation status
No fixed release is recorded for CVE-2026-1281 yet. Track the upstream advisory, and apply the exposure-reduction steps below in the meantime.
Mitigate without a patch
Stop passing untrusted input into the interpreter or shell: call the affected binary with an argument array rather than a composed command string, reject anything outside a strict allowlist of expected values, and run the component under an account that cannot reach beyond the work it legitimately does.
How to detect CVE-2026-1281
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id cve-2026-1281 -u https://target- Template
- Ivanti EPMM <=12.7.0.0 - Unauthenticated Code Injection
- Severity
- critical
- Impact
- Unauthenticated remote attackers can execute arbitrary code on the EPMM appliance, leading to full system compromise. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
- Remediation
- Apply the Ivanti security patch for EPMM or upgrade to a version above 12.7.0.0. Restrict network access to the EPMM management interface.
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (rxerium), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Frequently Asked Questions
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