Buffer overflow in Ivanti Connect Secure

CVE-2024-21894

A heap overflow vulnerability in IPSec component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x) and Ivanti Policy Secure allows an unauthenticated malicious user to send specially crafted requests in-order-to crash the service thereby causing a DoS…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.190 (97.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-21894?
CVE-2024-21894 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2024-21894?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-21894 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.