Is CVE-2026-118527 exploited in the wild?

Yes. CVE-2026-118527 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 30 October 2026. Treat it as urgent.

How severe is CVE-2026-118527?

Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 7, published 15 October 2026.

Is there a fix for CVE-2026-118527?

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-2026-118527 attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-118527?

Check whether you run Ivanti Connect Secure at an affected version. 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.

CVE-2026-118527: Ivanti Connect Secure privilege escalation via DSCache configuration

CVE-2026-118527 · Severity: critical · CVSS 7 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2026-10-15

Ivanti Connect Secure, a remote access VPN appliance, contains a privilege escalation flaw in how it validates DSCache configuration data. An attacker with low-level access to the device can execute commands with root privileges, gaining complete control of the VPN gateway and access to credentials and secrets from connected networks.

Technologies: Ivanti Connect Secure. Vendors: Ivanti.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-118527 exploited in the wild?: Yes. CVE-2026-118527 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 30 October 2026. Treat it as urgent.
How severe is CVE-2026-118527?: Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 7, published 15 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: Ivanti Connect Secure 22.8R2.4.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-118527?: 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-2026-118527 attacked?: It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-118527?: Check whether you run Ivanti Connect Secure at an affected version. 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.

Technical details

The dsinvoked broker in Ivanti Connect Secure 22.8R2.4 does not properly validate the trustworthiness of DSCache configuration data, allowing privilege escalation to root. This vulnerability is part of a chained exploit used in the wild that combines authentication bypass and file write flaws to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution with root privileges on the appliance.

Affected products

Ivanti Connect Secure 22.8R2.4

Identifiers

CVE-2026-118527
CVE-2026-111357
CVE-2026-97229

Timeline

2026-10-03: exploited: Active in-the-wild exploitation by threat actor UTA0576 beginning October 3, 2026
2026-10-13: disclosed: Volexity public disclosure of exploitation
2026-10-15: advisory: NVD publication

References

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