What is CVE-2022-36978?

CVE-2022-36978 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Avalanche, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2022-36978?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Deserialization in Ivanti Avalanche

CVE-2022-36978

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Ivanti Avalanche 6.3.2.3490. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be…

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.862 (99.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ivanti Avalanche — versions 6.3.2.3490

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

download.wavelink.com/Files/avalanche_v6.3.4_release_notes.txt
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-783/

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36978?: CVE-2022-36978 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Avalanche, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2022-36978?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.