Path traversal in Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) - CVE-2024-8963
Published: September 19, 2024 / Updated: November 15, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU97617
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8963
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.
The vulnerability can be exploited along with #VU97119 (CVE-2024-8190) to achieve remote code execution and is being exploited in the wild.
Affected software
Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA)
How to mitigate CVE-2024-8963
Install update from vendor's website.
Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) - update to 4.6 Patch 519