CVE-2025-22457
KEVRansomware UseIvanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution.
A stack-based buffer overflow in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.6, Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.4, and Ivanti ZTA Gateways before version 22.8R2.2 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution.
CVSS 3.1 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HPublishedApr 3, 2025
Last modifiedAug 4, 2026
Added to KEVApr 4, 2025
Remediation dueApr 11, 2025
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Risk assessment · Critical
Actively exploited and used by ransomware crews. Patch immediately.
- Exploitation
- Confirmed in the wild (CISA KEV)
- Federal remediation deadline
- Overdue by 563 days
- Ransomware
- Used in known ransomware campaigns
- CVSS
- 9.0 CRITICAL
- EPSS (30-day exploit probability)
- 100.0% · top 1% of all CVEs
- Weakness
- CWE-121
- Attack vector
- Network, remotely reachable
- Preconditions
- No privileges and no user interaction
Recommended actions
- 1.Apply mitigations as set forth in the CISA instructions linked below.
- 2.Treat as emergency change: patch or isolate internet-facing instances first.
- 3.Review exposure: confirm which instances are reachable from the internet and restrict access until patched.
- 4.Hunt for compromise: review logs for the disclosure window, not just from the patch date.
- 5.Verify offline/immutable backups and segment the affected systems. This flaw is used for ransomware initial access.
Assessment is derived automatically from the live signals above; verify against your own asset inventory.