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Exploited

CVE-2024-7593

Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM) · Load balancers and access gateways (ADC)

Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

At a glance

Exploited. Added to CISA’s catalog of exploited vulnerabilities on September 24, 2024.

Affected product: Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM) (category Load balancers and access gateways (ADC), indicative classification). Name in CISA’s catalog: Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager.

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 October 15, 2024). It only binds those agencies, but it is a useful measure of urgency.

Original text of the required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Timeline

  1. Vulnerability published Publication date (NVD)
  2. Exploitation confirmed Added to CISA’s KEV catalog
  3. CISA deadline Remediation deadline set for US federal agencies

The facts, with their sources

Exploitation confirmed
Yes, on September 24, 2024 Date added to the catalog of exploited vulnerabilities. Exploitation itself may have started earlier. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
Ransomware
No known use to date That does not guarantee it is not being used: the information is not public. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
Hunt for compromise
Not requested by CISA Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 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 14:57 UTC
CISA deadline
October 15, 2024, 21 days Set for US federal agencies: a measure of urgency, not an obligation elsewhere. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
Vulnerability published
August 13, 2024 Source: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), collected September 29, 2026 at 15:00 UTC
Product according to CISA
Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager Filed by this site under “Load balancers and access gateways (ADC)” (indicative classification). Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 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 15:00 UTC

Severity and activity

9.8 / 10 CVSS severity: critical

Score from the NVD. Collected Sep 29, 2026.

— Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)

FIRST’s EPSS model. Since exploitation is already confirmed, this figure is mostly useful to compare activity. Collected Sep 29, 2026.

Description

Incorrect implementation of an authentication algorithm in Ivanti vTM other than versions 22.2R1 or 22.7R2 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication of the admin panel.

Official description from the NVD, collected Sep 29, 2026. CVE® description © The MITRE Corporation.

Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create a chosen administrator account.

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.

Information reused under the Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab); the date of last update is shown for each advisory. This site is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by ANSSI.

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).