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CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-22457
Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - [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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 3, 2025, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 3, 2025, 1 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

3c1d8aa1-5a33-4ea4-8992-aadd6440af75
CISA Notification
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.

Description :

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.

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.

Notes :

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

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-22457 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ivanti connect_secure
2 Ivanti policy_secure
3 Ivanti neurons_for_zero-trust_access
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 3
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL 3c1d8aa1-5a33-4ea4-8992-aadd6440af75
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • Upgrade to Ivanti Connect Secure 22.7R2.6 or later.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-22457 has a 16 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

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
https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/April-Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-Policy-Secure-ZTA-Gateways-CVE-2025-22457 Vendor Advisory
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.

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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Cyb3rTim/Cyber-Threat-Intelligence-Dashboard

A professional SOC-style cyber threat intelligence dashboard built using React and Express.js. This project simulates real-time tracking of APT27 (aka Silk Typhoon) activities using verified IOCs, CVEs, and MITRE ATT&CK mappings.

Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 7, 2025, 11:37 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.
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B1ack4sh/Blackash-CVE-2025-22457

CVE-2025-22457

Ruby

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 13, 2025, 10:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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TRone-ux/CVE-2025-22457

PoC CVE-2025-22457

Ruby

Updated: 1 month ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2025, 10:52 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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llussiess/CVE-2025-22457

None

Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 12, 2025, 4:38 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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securekomodo/CVE-2025-22457

CVE-2025-22457: Python Exploit POC Scanner to Detect Ivanti Connect Secure RCE

Python

Updated: 1 month ago
12 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : April 10, 2025, 3:27 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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sfewer-r7/CVE-2025-22457

PoC for CVE-2025-22457

Ruby

Updated: 1 month ago
66 stars 14 fork 14 watcher
Born at : April 9, 2025, 2:39 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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N4SL1/CVE-2025-22457-PoC

CVE-2025-22457 Python and Metasploit PoC for Ivanti unauthenticated RCE

Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 8, 2025, 12:01 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Vinylrider/ivantiunlocker

Prevent CVE-2025-22457 and other security problems with Juniper/Ivanti Secure Connect SSL VPN

Python

Updated: 1 month ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 8, 2025, 9:31 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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plzheheplztrying/cve_monitor

None

HTML Python Shell

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 13, 2025, 8:50 a.m. This repo has been linked 891 different CVEs too.
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CISA Bot is a GitHub bot that automatically monitors the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog. When new vulnerabilities are published in the KEV, the bot creates GitHub issues in this repository with detailed information about each vulnerability.

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Updated: 3 days, 8 hours ago
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Updated: 1 month ago
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Python

Updated: 1 day, 2 hours ago
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damho1104/damho1104

None

Python

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 27, 2022, 2:32 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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GhostTroops/TOP

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Updated: 1 day, 1 hour ago
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Born at : March 19, 2022, 1:54 a.m. This repo has been linked 287 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

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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.

  • CVE CISA KEV Update by 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725

    May. 03, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Vulnerability Name Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
  • 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
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.8
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