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Authentication Bypass in Ivanti CSA Admin Web Console

IdentifiersCVE-2024-11639CWE-288· Authentication Bypass Using an…

CVE-2024-11639 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the administrator web console of Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA). It affects Ivanti CSA versions 5.0.2 and earlier and allows a remote attacker to circumvent authentication in the admin interface and obtain administrative access without valid credentials. The available reporting indicates the bypass occurs via an alternate path or channel in the admin web console, resulting in unauthorized elevation directly to administrator-level access on the management console.

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Impact

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Successful exploitation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to gain administrative privileges on the vulnerable Ivanti CSA appliance. This results in full compromise of the administrative management plane of the product, enabling unauthorized control over the appliance and any actions available to an administrator through the console.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

If immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure of the CSA administrative web console to untrusted networks, restrict access to trusted management networks only, and apply compensating access controls around the admin interface until the upgrade can be completed. However, the primary vendor-recommended mitigation is to upgrade to CSA 5.0.3, and no specific alternative mitigation was provided in the supplied content.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) to version 5.0.3 or later. Ivanti states the issue is fixed in CSA 5.0.3 and advised customers to update immediately using the vendor-provided update through the Ivanti download portal.
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