Vulnerability record

CVE-2025-22457

Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Severity: CriticalExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV Used by ransomware
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply mitigations as set forth in the CISA instructions linked below.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Apr 11, 2025.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.6, Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.4, and Ivanti ZTA Gateways before version 22.8R2.2 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA GatewaysIvanti——KEV
Ivanti Connect Secure / EPMMIvanti< 22.7; 22.722.7NVD

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog; NVD = NIST National Vulnerability Database.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2025-22457 scored CVSS 9.8: Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways, Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild and known to be used in ransomware campaigns. Unpatched Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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Coverage

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References

  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/cisa-mitigation-instructions-cve-2025-22457
  • forums.ivanti.com https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/April-Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-Policy-Secure-ZTA-Gateways-C…
  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22457
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-22457