CVE-2021-44529
Ivanti Endpoint Manager Cloud Service Appliance (EPM CSA) Code Injection Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 April 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
A code injection vulnerability in the Ivanti EPM Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) allows an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code with limited permissions (nobody).
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 99.11% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 22 March 2022
- CISA KEV
- Listed 25 March 2024 · due 15 April 2024 · used in ransomware campaigns
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- ivanti/endpoint manager cloud services appliance
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
EPSS 99.1% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/SA-2021-12-02?language=en_US; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44529
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166383/Ivanti-Endpoint-Manager-CSA-4.5-4.6-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170590/Ivanti-Cloud-Services-Appliance-CSA-Command-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/SA-2021-12-02Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166383/Ivanti-Endpoint-Manager-CSA-4.5-4.6-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170590/Ivanti-Cloud-Services-Appliance-CSA-Command-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/SA-2021-12-02Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-44529US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.