Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This flaw lets an unauthenticated remote attacker bypass security checks in affected Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure web components and reach restricted resources. CISA lists it as known exploited, making internet-accessible gateways an urgent business risk.
Executive priority
Treat as an immediate remediation and investigation priority because authentication controls can be bypassed remotely and CISA confirms known exploitation. Focus first on externally reachable gateways and require evidence of both remediation and compromise review.
Technical view
CVE-2023-46805 is a network-accessible, low-complexity authentication bypass requiring no privileges or user interaction. Its CVSS 3.0 score is 8.2, with high confidentiality and low integrity impact but no rated availability impact. The supplied records identify Ivanti ICS and IPS 9.x and 22.x; confirm exact affected releases with Ivanti.
Likely exposure
Organizations using Ivanti Connect Secure or Ivanti Policy Secure gateways may be exposed, particularly when their web components are reachable from untrusted networks. The bundle names ICS 9.1R18 and 22.6R2 and IPS 9.1R18 and 22.6R1, but exact applicability should be verified against current Ivanti guidance.
Exploitation context
CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities listing supports active exploitation in the wild. The supplied bundle does not establish campaign scope, affected organizations, indicators of compromise, or whether exploitation was chained with CVE-2024-21887 in every observed incident.
Researcher notes
The supplied CVSS vector is CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N. Source evidence supports remote authentication bypass and known exploitation. It does not provide technical root cause, reliable indicators, exploit-chain prevalence, patch identifiers, or complete version boundaries; consult Ivanti before making release-specific conclusions.
Mitigation direction
- Identify all Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure gateways and determine their installed versions.
- Review and apply Ivanti's current remediation or mitigation guidance for CVE-2023-46805.
- Restrict unnecessary web-component exposure to untrusted networks while remediation is pending.
- Prioritize incident investigation for internet-accessible or otherwise untrusted-network-reachable gateways.
Validation and detection
- Confirm product, release, and patch status against Ivanti's advisory.
- Verify that every identified gateway received the vendor-prescribed remediation or mitigation.
- Review gateway and security telemetry for suspicious unauthenticated access to restricted resources.
- Confirm exposure restrictions remain effective from relevant untrusted network paths.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.2 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- Yes
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CISA KEV status
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N3.94.2hackeroneVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
8.2HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Vulnerability timeline
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- CVE reservedCVE Program
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- Added to KEVCISA-ADP
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities metadata lists this CVE as known exploited.
- ADP timelineCISA-ADP
CVE-2023-46805 added to CISA KEV
- CVE publishedCVE Program
The CVE record was published.
- CVE updatedCVE Program
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ADP provider summaries
- 2024-01-10T00:00:00.000Z: CVE-2023-46805 added to CISA KEV
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/CVE-2023-46805-Authentication-Bypass-CVE-2024-21887-Command-Injection-for-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-and-Ivanti-Policy-Secure-Gateways?language=en_USCVE reference, hackerone
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-46805CVE reference, CISA-ADP · government-resource
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