Arbitrary File Read via Symlink Handling in Ivanti Connect Secure / Policy Secure / ZTA Gateway / Neurons for Secure Access
CVE-2025-5468 is an improper handling of symbolic links vulnerability affecting Ivanti Connect Secure before 22.7R2.8 or 22.8R2, Ivanti Policy Secure before 22.7R1.5, Ivanti ZTA Gateway before 22.8R2.3-723, and Ivanti Neurons for Secure Access before 22.8R1.4. The flaw is mapped to CWE-61 and allows a local authenticated attacker to abuse symlink handling to cause the product to read files outside the intended scope, resulting in arbitrary file read from disk. The available source material does not identify the specific vulnerable function or code path.
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A medium-severity improper symbolic link handling vulnerability in Ivanti products that could allow local authenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on disk.
An improper handling of symbolic links vulnerability that allows a local authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files on disk in multiple Ivanti products.
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