Vulnerability · CVE-2024-38648
A hardcoded secret in Ivanti DSM before 2024.2 allows an authenticated attacker on an adjacent network to decrypt sensitive data including user credentials.
Published Jul 12, 2025 · catalog updated Jul 14, 2025 · Ivanti DSM
Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-38648. EPSS is 0.59%. Act only if a listed version of Ivanti DSM is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Critical9.0
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.59%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Ivanti DSM 2024.2 <2024.2
A hardcoded secret in Ivanti DSM before 2024.2 allows an authenticated attacker on an adjacent network to decrypt sensitive data including user credentials.
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.
- vendor Ivanti DSM 2024.2 <2024.22024.2 <2024.2
How to fix CVE-2024-38648
Upgrade
CVE-2024-38648 lists a fix boundary at 2024.2. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 2024.2 <2024.2
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-38648. EPSS is 0.59%. Act only if a listed version of Ivanti DSM is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Ivanti DSM 2024.2 <2024.2 2024.2 <2024.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.59%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. 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.
Jul 12, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
A hardcoded secret in Ivanti DSM before 2024.2 allows an authenticated attacker on an adjacent network to decrypt sensitive data including user credentials.
Jul 14, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
A hardcoded secret in Ivanti DSM before 2024.2 allows an authenticated attacker on an adjacent network to decrypt sensitive data including user credentials.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-38648
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-38648
30-day exploitation probability 0.59%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2024-54777
A hardcoded secret in Ivanti DSM before 2024.2 allows an authenticated attacker on an adjacent network to decrypt sensitive data including user credentials.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 24, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
- EUVDOct 19, 2026