Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure) and Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) - CVE-2024-21893

Vulnerability details

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the SAML component. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2024-21893

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

• Exploit #9659 - Ivanti-Connect-Around-Scan (Mitigation validation utility for the Ivanti Connect Around attack chain. Runs multiple checks. CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887.) (April 5, 2024)
• Exploit #9557 - Ivanti Connect Secure Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (February 21, 2024)

External References

• https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/KB-CVE-2023-46805-Authentication-Bypass-CVE-2024-21887-Command-Injection-for-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-and-Ivanti-Policy-Secure-Gateways?language=en_US

Related Security Bulletins

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways