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

CVE-2025-22457 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2025-04-04

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution. The vulnerability is caused by an out-of-bounds write (CWE-787) and has been observed being exploited in the wild.

Technologies: Ivanti Connect Secure, Ivanti Neurons, Ivanti Policy Secure. Vendors: Ivanti.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-22457 exploited in the wild?
Yes. CVE-2025-22457 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 4 April 2025. Treat it as urgent.
How severe is CVE-2025-22457?
Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 4 April 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
Ivanti Connect Secure before 22.7R2.6; Ivanti Policy Secure before 22.7R1.4; Ivanti ZTA Gateways before 22.8R2.2.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-22457?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2025-22457 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-22457?
Check whether you run Ivanti Connect Secure, Ivanti Neurons, Ivanti Policy Secure or one of the others listed. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Affected products

  • Ivanti Connect Secure before 22.7R2.6
  • Ivanti Policy Secure before 22.7R1.4
  • Ivanti ZTA Gateways before 22.8R2.2

Timeline

  • 2025-04-04: disclosed
  • 2025-04-04: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
  • 2025-04-04: advisory: Ivanti April Security Advisory published
  • 2025-04-08: other: Initial NIST analysis completed
  • 2025-05-02: other: CISA KEV entry updated

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