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Vulnerability · CVE-2023-46805

Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Published Jan 10, 2024 · catalog updated Oct 1, 2026 · Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure

Patch now

CVE-2023-46805 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jan 22, 2024. Confirm Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High8.2
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
99.99%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe ivanti/connect secure · vendor Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure

Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS, formerly known as Pulse Connect Secure) and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the web component that allows an attacker to access restricted resources by bypassing control checks. This vulnerability can be leveraged in conjunction with CVE-2024-21887, a command injection vulnerability. VulnCheck canary evidence. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe ivanti/connect secure9.0
  • cpe ivanti/connect secure9.1
  • vendor Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secureversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2023-46805

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2023-46805 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jan 22, 2024. Confirm Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with ivanti/connect secure 9.0; ivanti/connect secure 9.1. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-287: Improper Authentication. EPSS 99.99%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 10, 2024 · Catalog

    Detected

    Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS, formerly known as Pulse Connect Secure) and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the web component that allows an attacker to access restricted resources by bypassing control checks. This vulnerability can be leveraged in conjunction with CVE-2024-21887, a command injection vulnerability.

  2. Jan 10, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Jan 22, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Oct 1, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS, formerly known as Pulse Connect Secure) and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the web component that allows an attacker to access restricted resources by bypassing control checks. This vulnerability can be leveraged in conjunction with CVE-2024-21887, a command injection vulnerability.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-46805

    Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS, formerly known as Pulse Connect Secure) and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the web component that allows an attacker to access restricted resources by bypassing control checks. This vulnerability can be leveraged in conjunction with CVE-2024-21887, a command injection vulnerability.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-46805

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-46805

    30-day exploitation probability 100.0%

    first.org
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_linux/http/ivanti_connect_secure_rce_cve_2023_46805

    Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_linux/http/ivanti_connect_secure_rce_cve_2024_21893

    Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-46805

    An authentication bypass vulnerability in the web component of Ivanti ICS 9.x, 22.x and Ivanti Policy Secure allows a remote attacker to access restricted resources by bypassing control checks.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176668/Ivanti-Connect-Secure-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html

    Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

    packetstormsecurity.com
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-46805

    Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS, formerly known as Pulse Connect Secure) and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the web component that allows an attacker to access restricted resources by bypassing control checks. This vulnerability can be

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.