CVE-2025-0282

Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

  • Critical 9.0
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 8 Jan 2025
  • Used in ransomware campaigns

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.5, Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.2, and Ivanti Neurons for ZTA gateways before version 22.7R2.3 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution.

Key facts

Published
8 Jan 2025
Last changed
1 Oct 2026
Assigned by
ivanti
KEV added
8 Jan 2025
KEV fix due
15 Jan 2025
Used in ransomware
Yes, according to CISA
EPSS
99.981% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.981% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

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

  • 9.0CVSS 3.1, Criticalfrom the CNA (ivanti)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

  • Apply mitigations as set forth in the CISA instructions linked below to include conducting hunt activities, taking remediation actions if applicable, and applying updates prior to returning a device to service.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-100 Overflow Buffers (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
IvantiConnect Secure
  • Default status: unaffected
  • 22.7R2 up to and including 22.7R2.4 (affected)
  • 22.7R2.5 (unaffected)
IvantiPolicy Secure
  • Default status: unaffected
  • 22.7R1 up to and including 22.7R1.2 (affected)
IvantiNeurons for ZTA gateways
  • Default status: unaffected
  • 22.7R2 up to and including 22.7R2.3 (affected)
  • 22.7R2.5 (unaffected)

Timeline

  1. 8 Jan 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue
  2. 8 Jan 2025 Published

Weakness

References