CVE-2025-22457
Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure and ZTA Gatew - [Actively Exploited]
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.6, Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.4, and Ivanti ZTA Gateways before version 22.8R2.2 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution.
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Published Date :
April 3, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 8, 2025, 1:39 p.m.
Source :
3c1d8aa1-5a33-4ea4-8992-aadd6440af75
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)
For the benefit of the cybersecurity community and network defenders—and to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity—CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.
Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure and ZTA Gateways contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA Mitigation Instructions: https://www.cisa.gov/cisa-mitigation-instructions-cve-2025-22457 ; Additional References: https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/April-Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-Policy-Secure-ZTA-Gateways-CVE-2025-22457) ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22457
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2025-22457 has a 10 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2025-22457
vulnerability.
Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the
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affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2025-22457.
| URL | Resource |
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| https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/April-Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-Policy-Secure-ZTA-Gateways-CVE-2025-22457 | Vendor Advisory |
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2025-22457 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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Cyber Security News
Hackers Exploited Ivanti Connect Secure 0-Day to Install DslogdRAT & Web Shell
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The Cyber Express
DslogdRAT Malware Deployed in Ivanti Connect Secure Zero-Day Campaign
A new wave of attacks targeting Ivanti Connect Secure VPN devices has revealed a stealthy malware strain known as DslogdRAT, deployed alongside a simple but effective Perl web shell. Security research ... Read more
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Cyber Security News
1000+ Unique IPs Attacking Ivanti Connect Secure Systems to Exploit Vulnerabilities
A significant increase in suspicious scanning activity targeting Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) and Ivanti Pulse Secure (IPS) VPN systems, signaling a potential coordinated reconnaissance effort by threa ... Read more
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4Chan Outage Sparks Cyberattack Rumors and Data Leak Concerns
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Daily CyberSecurity
China-Nexus APT Exploits Ivanti Connect Secure VPN in Global Cyber Espionage Campaign
A recent report by TeamT5 has uncovered a widespread cyber espionage campaign targeting Ivanti Connect Secure VPN appliances. The report details how a China-nexus Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) grou ... Read more
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Cyber Security News
Chinese Hackers Exploit Ivanti VPN Vulnerabilities to Infiltrate Organizations
A China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group has exploited critical vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure VPN appliances to infiltrate organizations across 12 countries and 20 industries, ... Read more
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Cyber Security News
Ivanti 0-day RCE Vulnerability Exploitation Details Disclosed
A detailed technical analysis has been published regarding CVE-2025-22457, an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability impacting several Ivanti products. The vulnerability was recentl ... Read more
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TheCyberThrone
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Cyber Security News
5000+ Exposed Ivanti Connect Secure Devices Vulnerable to RCE Attacks
Over 5,113 Ivanti Connect Secure VPN appliances remain unpatched and vulnerable to the active exploitation of CVE-2025-22457, a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that enables remote c ... Read more
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The Cyber Express
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The Cyber Express
Australian Organisations Urged to Patch Ivanti Products Amid Exploited RCE Vulnerability
On April 3, 2025, Ivanti disclosed an unauthenticated buffer overflow vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-22457, affecting multiple Ivanti products. Australian organizations using Ivanti solutions such ... Read more
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security.nl
VS adviseert wegens aanvallen fabrieksreset van Ivanti-systemen
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TheCyberThrone
CISA adds Ivanti Connect Secure to KEV Catalog
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Cyber Security News
CISA Adds Actively Exploits Ivanti Connect Secure Vulnerability in Known Exploited Catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2025-22457, a critical vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways, to its Known Exploited Vu ... Read more
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Cyber Security News
Ivanti Connect Secure RCE Vulnerability Actively Exploited in the Wild – Apply Patch Now!
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TheCyberThrone
Chinese UNC5221 Exploitation of Ivanti Connect Secure
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Dark Reading
China-Linked Threat Group Exploits Ivanti Bug
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The Register
Suspected Chinese spies right now hijacking buggy Ivanti gear – for third time in 3 years
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Help Net Security
Ivanti VPN customers targeted via unrecognized RCE vulnerability (CVE-2025-22457)
A suspected Chinese APT group has exploited CVE-2025-22457 – a buffer overflow bug that was previously thought not to be exploitable – to compromise appliances running Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) 22.7 ... Read more
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BleepingComputer
Ivanti patches Connect Secure zero-day exploited since mid-March
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Daily CyberSecurity
CVE-2025-22457: UNC5221 Exploits Ivanti Zero-Day Flaw to Deploy TRAILBLAZE and BRUSHFIRE Malware
Ivanti has recently disclosed a critical security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-22457, affecting several of its widely-used products. The vulnerability impacts Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) VPN ... Read more
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-22457 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 08, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-787 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:22.7:r1.5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:22.7:r1.4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:22.7:r1.3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:22.7:r1.2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:22.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:22.7:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:22.7:r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:22.7:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:22.7:r2.1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:22.7:r2.2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:policy_secure:22.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:policy_secure:22.7:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:policy_secure:22.7:r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.5:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.6:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.6:r1.2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:22.7:r2.3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:22.7:r2.4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:22.7:r2.5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:policy_secure:22.7:r1.2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.2:r4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.2:r5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.3:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.3:r4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.5:r1.2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.6:r1.3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.6:r1.5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.6:r1.6:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.6:r1.7:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.7:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.7:r1.2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.7:r1.3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.7:r1.4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.7:r1.5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.7:r1.6:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.7:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.7:r2.2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.7:r2.3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:*:-:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 22.7 *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:policy_secure:*:-:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 22.7 *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:policy_secure:22.7:r1.3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.8:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.8:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:neurons_for_zero-trust_access:22.8:r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:* Added Reference Type ivanti: https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/April-Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-Policy-Secure-ZTA-Gateways-CVE-2025-22457 Types: Vendor Advisory -
CVE CISA KEV Update by 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
Apr. 08, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Required Action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Apply mitigations as set forth in the CISA instructions linked below. -
CVE CISA KEV Update by 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
Apr. 05, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Date Added 2025-04-04 Added Due Date 2025-04-11 Added Required Action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Added Vulnerability Name Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability -
New CVE Received by 3c1d8aa1-5a33-4ea4-8992-aadd6440af75
Apr. 03, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A stack-based buffer overflow in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.6, Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.4, and Ivanti ZTA Gateways before version 22.8R2.2 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-121 Added Reference https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/April-Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-Policy-Secure-ZTA-Gateways-CVE-2025-22457
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-22457 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-22457
weaknesses.