CVE-2025-0282
Published 2025-01-08 · Updated 2026-10-01 · Source 3c1d8aa1-5a33-4ea4-8992-aadd6440af75
Summary
CVE-2025-0282 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on January 8, 2025, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by January 15, 2025. CISA also lists it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns, so it should be prioritised accordingly. Ivanti has 38 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 12 of them linked to ransomware.
All 38 known-exploited Ivanti vulnerabilities →Description
A stack-based buffer overflow in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.5, Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.2, and Ivanti Neurons for ZTA gateways before version 22.7R2.3 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Ivanti — Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways
Name: Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Date added: 2025-01-08 · Due: 2025-01-15
Required action: Apply mitigations as set forth in the CISA instructions linked below to include conducting hunt activities, taking remediation actions if applicable, and applying updates prior to returning a device to service.
References
- https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-Policy-Secure-ZTA-Gateways-CVE-2025-0282-CVE-2025-0283
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/ivanti-connect-secure-vpn-zero-day
- https://www.cisa.gov/cisa-mitigation-instructions-cve-2025-0282
- https://github.com/sfewer-r7/CVE-2025-0282
- https://labs.watchtowr.com/exploitation-walkthrough-and-techniques-ivanti-connect-secure-rce-cve-2025-0282/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-0282
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-0282

