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Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile API Authentication Bypass

IdentifiersCVE-2025-4427CWE-288· Authentication Bypass Using an…

CVE-2025-4427 is an authentication bypass vulnerability in the API component of Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM). According to the provided content, affected versions include EPMM 12.5.0.0 and prior, with additional reporting indicating vulnerable branches before fixed releases such as 11.12.0.5, 12.3.0.2, 12.4.0.2, and 12.5.0.1. The flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to access protected API resources without valid credentials. In practice, this bypass exposes otherwise restricted API endpoints and has been reported as the first stage of an exploit chain with CVE-2025-4428, where the attacker first reaches protected API functionality and then abuses a SpEL injection issue to obtain remote code execution on internet-facing EPMM appliances. The content consistently characterizes CVE-2025-4427 itself as the authentication-bypass component of that chain.

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Impact

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Successful exploitation allows unauthenticated access to protected EPMM API resources and bypasses the product’s intended access controls. On its own, this can expose sensitive administrative or management functionality and enable unauthorized interaction with the mobile device management platform. In observed real-world attack chains, CVE-2025-4427 was combined with CVE-2025-4428 to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution on exposed EPMM servers. Reporting in the provided content also associates compromise of EPMM with downstream impacts including unauthorized administrative control, access to backend MySQL data, exposure of LDAP user details and Office 365 or other cloud tokens, and subsequent lateral movement inside victim environments.

Mitigation

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If immediate patching is not possible, restrict exposure of the EPMM API and administrative interfaces to trusted networks only. The content specifically references Ivanti guidance to use API access control lists and network segmentation to limit exposure, and to monitor Apache access logs such as /var/log/httpd/https-access_log for signs of exploitation. Reducing or eliminating internet exposure of EPMM, tightly limiting access to protected API endpoints, and reviewing MDM policy hardening can reduce risk until patches are applied. These measures are compensating controls only and do not replace vendor remediation.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Apply Ivanti’s vendor-provided security updates for EPMM immediately. The provided content states Ivanti released patches on May 13, 2025, and identifies fixed versions including 11.12.0.5, 12.3.0.2, 12.4.0.2, and 12.5.0.1 for affected branches. Organizations should upgrade to the appropriate remediated version for their deployment and verify that internet-facing EPMM instances are fully updated. Because this vulnerability has been exploited in the wild and commonly chained with CVE-2025-4428, remediation should be treated as urgent and performed outside normal patch cycles if necessary.
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