CVE-2024-13159

Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability

  • Critical 9.8
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 10 Mar 2025

Description

Absolute path traversal in Ivanti EPM before the 2024 January-2025 Security Update and 2022 SU6 January-2025 Security Update allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to leak sensitive information.

Key facts

Published
14 Jan 2025
Last changed
21 Oct 2025
Assigned by
ivanti
KEV added
10 Mar 2025
KEV fix due
31 Mar 2025
EPSS
99.993% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.987% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 9.8CVSS 3.1, Criticalfrom the CNA (ivanti)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

  • 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 KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

CAPEC-597 Absolute Path Traversal (CNA impact statement)

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
IvantiEndpoint Manager
  • Default status: affected
  • 2024 January-2025 Security Update (unaffected)
  • 2022 SU6 January-2025 Security Update (unaffected)

Timeline

  1. 14 Jan 2025 Published
  2. 10 Mar 2025 CVE-2024-13159 added to CISA KEV
  3. 10 Mar 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

References