DIVD-2024-00001 - Auth. Bypass and Command Injection in Ivanti VPN appliance
Our reference | DIVD-2024-00001 |
Case lead | Lennaert Oudshoorn |
Author | Max van der Horst |
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Recommendation | While the patch is under development, apply Ivanti’s mitigation, or take the appliance offline. |
Patch status | Under development |
Workaround | Import the mitigation file mitigation.release.20240107.1.xml provided by Ivanti in the download portal or take the device offline. |
Status | Closed |
Last modified | 12 Jun 2024 15:58 CEST |
Summary
An authentication bypass and a command injection vulnerability were discovered in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure, it is present in all supported versions. Multiple sources report active exploitation by threat actors, making immediate mitigation necessary. By combining these two vulnerabilities, threat actors are able to take complete control of the underlying system. Ivanti does not yet have a patch, which is expected to be released in the week of January 22nd. In the meantime, a mitigation is provided that can be downloaded in the Ivanti download portal.
What you can do
Given that there is active exploitation, it is crucial the provided mitigation is applied as soon as possible or that the appliance is take offline until mitigations are available. It is also recommended to check the appliance for signs of previous exploitation. The mitigation can be applied by downloading and importing mitigation.release.20240107.1.xml from the Ivanti download portal. Additionally, Volexity (see references) provided detection rules to monitor for exploitation. The patch is expected to be released in the week of January 22nd.
What we are doing
DIVD is currently working to identify vulnerable instances and notify the owners of these systems. We do this by scanning for exposed Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure instances, and by using a de-weaponized exploit to confirm that the authentication bypass vulnerability is present and exploitable on the device. Owners of vulnerable instances, or those responsible for the network they are in, will receive a notification with the host information and mitigation steps.
Timeline
Date | Description |
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10 Jan 2024 | DIVD receives signals about a vulnerability in Ivanti Pulse Connect and starts fingerprinting. |
10 Jan 2024 | Advisory published, DIVD starts scanning for vulnerable instances. Based on lack of mitigation. |
10 Jan 2024 | Case opened, first version of this casefile. |
15 Jan 2024 | DIVD informs its trusted information sharing partners about vulnerable systems. |
17 Jan 2024 | Scanning with new method that exploits authentication bypass. |
18 Jan 2024 | DIVD informs the owners of vulnerable systems. |
12 Feb 2024 | Case closed. |
More information
- Ivanti Publication
- Ivanti Security Advisory
- Volexity Advice
- BleepingComputer Blogpost
- Detailed writeup by Rapid7 on AttackerKB
- CVE-2023-46805
- CVE-2024-21887