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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2025-22457

Connect Secure Remote Code Execution

Ivanti / Connect Secure · 22.7R2.6

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Severity
CVSS 9.0 · Critical
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
100.0%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2025-22457 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Ivanti Connect Secure and 2 other products. A stack-based buffer overflow in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.6, Ivanti Policy Secure before...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

Ivanti / Connect Secure 22.7r2.6.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Connect Secure 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.

Ivanti Unaffected
Connect Secure
22.7R2.6
Ivanti Unaffected
Policy Secure
22.7R1.4
Ivanti Unaffected
Neurons for ZTA gateways
22.8R2.2
Published
03 Apr 2025
Exploitation Reported
04 Apr 2025
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

nessus_scanner cisa edge metasploit malware

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 04 Apr 2025

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Used in malware

CISA

Recorded 02 Jun 2026

Malware families have been linked to exploitation of this CVE.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2025-04-04 00:00 UTC
CVE 2026-08-04 04:41 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/ivanti_connect_secure_stack_overflow_rce_cve_2025_22457.rb 09 Jun 2025
Nessus https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/216318 02 Jun 2025

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

9.0 Critical

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

100.0%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Stack-based Buffer Overflow CWE-121

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Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 04:41 UTC

    KEV confirmed by CVE

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  2. 14:08 UTC

    First public exploitation report

    Exploit observed in malware

  3. 13:36 UTC

    Metasploit module available

    Exploit module available

  4. 09:25 UTC

    Nessus plugin available

    Scanner coverage available

  5. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  6. 15:20 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  7. 02:19 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2025-22457",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 9.0,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.99981,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}