What is CVE-2023-38042?

CVE-2023-38042 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Secure Access Client, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2023-38042?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ivanti Secure Access Client

CVE-2023-38042

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Ivanti Secure Access Client for Windows allows a low privileged user to execute code as SYSTEM.

Published 2024-05-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ivanti Secure Access Client — versions 22.7R1
Ivanti Secure Access Client
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-250

References

forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-May-2024 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38042?: CVE-2023-38042 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Secure Access Client, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2023-38042?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.