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XXE denial of service in Ivanti Connect Secure / Policy Secure / ZTA Gateway / Neurons for Secure Access

IdentifiersCVE-2025-5466CWE-776· Improper Restriction of Recursive…

CVE-2025-5466 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Ivanti Connect Secure before 22.7R2.8 or 22.8R2, Ivanti Policy Secure before 22.7R1.5, Ivanti ZTA Gateway before 22.8R2.3-723, and Ivanti Neurons for Secure Access before 22.8R1.4. The issue is described as an XXE flaw mapped to CWE-776 and can be exploited by a remote authenticated attacker with administrative privileges to trigger a denial-of-service condition. The provided information does not identify the specific vulnerable function or parser component.

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Successful exploitation allows an authenticated remote administrator to cause denial of service on the affected Ivanti product, disrupting availability. Based on the provided information, the documented impact is limited to service interruption rather than code execution or data disclosure.

Mitigation

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Ivanti stated that risk is significantly reduced if the admin portal is not exposed to the internet. Until patching is completed, restrict access to the administrative interface to trusted management networks, minimize administrative account exposure, and limit remote reachability of the admin portal.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade affected products to fixed versions released by Ivanti on 2025-08-02: Ivanti Connect Secure to 22.7R2.8 or 22.8R2, Ivanti Policy Secure to 22.7R1.5, Ivanti ZTA Gateway to 22.8R2.3-723, and Ivanti Neurons for Secure Access to 22.8R1.4. For Neurons for Secure Access, the fix was applied to cloud environments and no additional customer action was reported as required.
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VendorProductType
IvantiConnect Secureapplication
IvantiNeurons For Secure Accessapplication
IvantiPolicy Secureapplication
IvantiZero Trust Access Gatewayapplication

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