Ivanti EPMM Zero-Day CVE-2026-6973 Exploited via Stolen Admin Credentials
Ivanti disclosed active exploitation of CVE-2026-6973, a high-severity improper input validation flaw in on-premises Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) that allows remote code execution when used with administrator authentication. The company said exploitation has been limited to a small number of customers and assessed with high confidence that attackers are using administrator credentials stolen during earlier January attacks involving CVE-2026-1281 and CVE-2026-1340. Affected versions are EPMM releases prior to 12.6.1.1, 12.7.0.1, and 12.8.0.1; Ivanti said Neurons for MDM, EPM, Sentry, and other products are not affected.
Ivanti also patched four additional high-severity EPMM flaws—CVE-2026-5786, CVE-2026-5787, CVE-2026-5788, and CVE-2026-7821—covering certificate validation and access-control weaknesses that could enable host impersonation, unauthorized access, arbitrary method invocation, and unauthorized device enrollment, though the vendor said it has no evidence those bugs were exploited. CISA added CVE-2026-6973 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and ordered U.S. federal agencies to remediate by May 10, 2026, while national cyber agencies in Canada and Finland urged immediate patching. Ivanti advised customers to rotate EPMM administrator credentials, review privileged accounts, hunt for compromise artifacts such as webshells and reverse shells, and reduce public exposure of management interfaces; internet scans have identified more than 850 exposed EPMM instances, mainly in Europe and North America.
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CISA adds CVE-2026-6973 to KEV and sets May 10 remediation deadline
On May 7, 2026, CISA added Ivanti EPMM flaw CVE-2026-6973 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after reports of active exploitation. Under Binding Operational Directive 22-01, federal agencies were ordered to remediate the issue by May 10, 2026.
Ivanti links new zero-day exploitation to credentials stolen in January
On May 7, 2026, Ivanti assessed with high confidence that attackers exploiting CVE-2026-6973 were using administrator credentials stolen during the January attacks on CVE-2026-1281 and CVE-2026-1340. The company advised customers to rotate EPMM admin credentials, review privileged accounts, and check for compromise artifacts.
Ivanti patches five EPMM flaws and warns CVE-2026-6973 is exploited
On May 7, 2026, Ivanti published a security advisory for five EPMM vulnerabilities, including actively exploited RCE flaw CVE-2026-6973, and released fixed versions 12.6.1.1, 12.7.0.1, and 12.8.0.1. Ivanti said exploitation was limited, required administrator authentication, and affected only on-premises EPMM, not other Ivanti products.
CISA orders federal agencies to secure January Ivanti EPMM flaws
In April 2026, CISA directed U.S. federal civilian agencies to secure affected Ivanti EPMM systems within four days following the earlier January zero-day activity. This marked formal U.S. government response to the prior EPMM exploitation.
Ivanti discloses January EPMM zero-days CVE-2026-1281 and CVE-2026-1340
In January 2026, Ivanti disclosed and responded to exploitation of EPMM vulnerabilities CVE-2026-1281 and CVE-2026-1340. Ivanti later said credentials stolen in those attacks likely enabled exploitation of the newer CVE-2026-6973 flaw.
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Ivanti EPMM Zero-Day RCE via CVE-2026-1281 and CVE-2026-1340
Ivanti disclosed two **critical, actively exploited** Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (*EPMM*) vulnerabilities—**CVE-2026-1281** and **CVE-2026-1340**—described as unauthenticated code-injection issues enabling **remote code execution (RCE)** with a **CVSS 9.8** rating. Ivanti reported exploitation affecting a *very limited number* of customers at disclosure and warned that successful compromise of the EPMM appliance could expose sensitive data stored in the platform (e.g., admin/user details and managed-device metadata such as phone numbers, IPs, installed apps, and identifiers like IMEI/MAC), and potentially allow attackers to change device configurations via the API or web console, including authentication-related settings. Guidance from national cybersecurity authorities emphasized that EPMM’s role in mobile device management can make it a pivot point into internal environments, potentially enabling lateral movement if the appliance is compromised. Affected versions include EPMM **12.5.x, 12.6.x, and 12.7.x** (including **12.5.1.0** and **12.6.1.0** and earlier as specified), while Ivanti’s cloud offerings (e.g., *Ivanti Neurons for MDM*) and *Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM)* are not impacted. Ivanti provided interim mitigations/hotfixes (RPM-based) with the caveat that hotfixes may need reapplication after upgrades, and indicated a permanent fix is expected in **EPMM 12.8.0.0**; organizations were advised to patch immediately and review appliances for compromise indicators such as anomalous logs and unexpected admin/configuration changes.
May 7, 2026
Critical Ivanti EPMM RCE Flaws Exploited to Compromise On-Premises Servers
Ivanti warned that its on-premises **Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM)** product contains two critical vulnerabilities, **`CVE-2026-1281`** and **`CVE-2026-1340`**, that can let an unauthenticated remote attacker execute arbitrary commands or code over the network. The flaws affect exposed EPMM servers and create a path to full server compromise and possible lateral movement into internal environments. Ivanti said its cloud offerings, including **Ivanti Neurons for MDM**, and the separate **Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM)** product are not affected, and it released patches, incident-response guidance, and a detection tool to help customers assess exposure and compromise. Follow-up advisories said the vulnerabilities are being **actively exploited**, prompting defenders to inspect EPMM systems for anomalous logs, unauthorized administrator-account changes, and suspicious device-configuration modifications. A later update citing Germany's **BSI** said exploitation may date back to **summer 2025**, expanding the scope of required forensic review beyond recent activity. Public reporting from security researchers, including Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 and vulnerability tracking sources, reinforced that the issue is an unauthenticated remote code execution risk requiring immediate patching and retrospective compromise hunting on affected on-premises deployments.
May 25, 2026
Ivanti EPMM Zero-Day Exploitation Exposed Sensitive Government and Enterprise Data
Ivanti warned that two critical zero-day flaws in **Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM)** — `CVE-2026-1281` and `CVE-2026-1340` — were being actively exploited, and subsequent reporting described rapid mass exploitation after proof-of-concept code became public. The attacks hit internet-facing EPMM systems used to manage mobile devices, with incident responders documenting a fully automated intrusion chain that successfully exfiltrated sensitive EPMM data and leveraged lesser-known product behaviors alongside an open-source offensive framework. Germany's BSI also issued an alert on active attacks, underscoring the broad operational impact of the campaign. The exploitation wave affected both opportunistic victims and targeted organizations, including governments. Dutch authorities disclosed that attackers had maintained access to the Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency's EPMM server for about five months, exposing employee names, email addresses, phone numbers, and location data, with officials warning of elevated blackmail and extortion risks. Ivanti's earlier handling of **EPMM** flaws, including `CVE-2023-35082`, had already shown that internet-exposed deployments could enable unauthorized access to personally identifiable information, but the company separately clarified that a later May 2026 advisory for **Endpoint Manager (EPM)** — covering `CVE-2026-8109`, `CVE-2026-8110`, and `CVE-2026-8111` — involved a different product and was not tied to the EPMM zero-day exploitation.
May 25, 2026