CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-118527
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Ivanti Connect Secure Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers Vulnerability — Ivanti Connect Secure
Ivanti Connect Secure contains a generation of predictable numbers or identifiers vulnerability that allows a remote authenticated attacker to upload files with attacker-controlled content to a known location on disk. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2026-104935 and CVE-2026-111357.
- Added to KEV
- 2026-10-30
- Remediation due
- 2026-11-13
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
- Notes
- https://hub.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-CVE-2026-104935?language=en_US ; ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118527
Exploitation and prioritisation
- CISA SSVC: exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC: automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC: technical impact
- partial
- EU Vulnerability Database
- EUVD-2026-115872 · exploited since 2026-10-30
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-11-03
- Last modified
- 2026-11-03
- Assigner
- 3c1d8aa1-5a33-4ea4-8992-aadd6440af75
- CVSS 3.1 (3c1d8aa1-5a33-4ea4-8992-aadd6440af75)
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-340
Description
Use of predictable filenames in Ivanti Connect Secure before versions 25.1.1.3 and 22.8R2.6 allows a remote authenticated attacker to upload files with attacker-controlled content to a known location on disk.
Affected configurations
• ivanti connect secure (>= 25.1.0.0 < 25.1.1.3)
• ivanti connect secure 22.8
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-340 Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers weakness