CVE-2023-38035
Ivanti Sentry · Monitoring, ITSM and asset management
Ivanti Sentry Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
At a glance
Exploited. Added to CISA’s catalog of exploited vulnerabilities on August 22, 2023.
Used in ransomware attacks, according to CISA.
Affected product: Ivanti Sentry (category Monitoring, ITSM and asset management, indicative classification). Name in CISA’s catalog: Ivanti Sentry.
What should I do?
Apply the patches or mitigations from Ivanti; if none are available, stop using the product.
Deadline set by CISA for US federal agencies: 21 days (due September 12, 2023). It only binds those agencies, but it is a useful measure of urgency.
- Ivanti security advisories page (general page, not the advisory for this vulnerability)
- The vendor’s specific advisory is listed in the NVD references: CVE-2023-38035 on the NVD website.
Original text of the required action (CISA)
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Timeline
- Vulnerability published Publication date (NVD)
- Exploitation confirmed Added to CISA’s KEV catalog
- CISA deadline Remediation deadline set for US federal agencies
The facts, with their sources
- Exploitation confirmed
- Yes, on August 22, 2023 Date added to the catalog of exploited vulnerabilities. Exploitation itself may have started earlier. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 11:25 UTC
- Ransomware
- Known use Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 11:25 UTC
- Hunt for compromise
- Not requested by CISA Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 11:25 UTC
- CISA required action
- Apply the patches or mitigations from Ivanti; if none are available, stop using the product. Rewritten by this site from CISA’s original text. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 11:25 UTC
- CISA deadline
- September 12, 2023, 21 days Set for US federal agencies: a measure of urgency, not an obligation elsewhere. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 11:25 UTC
- Vulnerability published
- August 21, 2023 Source: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), collected September 29, 2026 at 11:29 UTC
- Product according to CISA
- Ivanti Sentry Filed by this site under “Monitoring, ITSM and asset management” (indicative classification). Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 11:25 UTC
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Technical detail of the score: attack vector, complexity, impact. Source: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), collected September 29, 2026 at 11:29 UTC
Severity and activity
FIRST’s EPSS model. Since exploitation is already confirmed, this figure is mostly useful to compare activity. Collected Sep 29, 2026.
Description
A security vulnerability in MICS Admin Portal in Ivanti MobileIron Sentry versions 9.18.0 and below, which may allow an attacker to bypass authentication controls on the administrative interface due to an insufficiently restrictive Apache HTTPD configuration.
Official description from the NVD, collected Sep 29, 2026. CVE® description © The MITRE Corporation.
Ivanti Sentry, formerly known as MobileIron Sentry, contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that may allow an attacker to bypass authentication controls on the administrative interface due to an insufficiently restrictive Apache HTTPD configuration.
Summary from CISA (KEV catalog).
CERT-FR advisories
No advisory among the latest CERT-FR publications this site follows. That does not mean there are none.
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Sources for this page
- CISA KEV catalog: exploitation, date added, required action, deadline, ransomware.
- NVD (NIST): CVSS severity, publication date, description, vendor references.
- EPSS (FIRST): probability of exploitation.
- CERT-FR: advisories and alerts (in French).
- Brand and category: indicative classification by this site (method).