CVE-2025-55148
Ivanti Connect Secure vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-55148 is a security vulnerability affecting multiple Ivanti products including Ivanti Connect Secure before 22.7R2.9 or 22.8R2, Ivanti Policy Secure before 22.7R1.6, Ivanti ZTA Gateway before 2.8R2.3-723, and Ivanti Neurons for Secure Access before 22.8R1.4. The vulnerability was disclosed on September 9, 2025, and fixes were deployed on August 2, 2025 (NVD, CIS Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is characterized by missing authorization controls that could allow a remote authenticated attacker with read-only admin privileges to configure restricted settings. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.6 (High) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) (NVD, GB Hackers).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability allows an attacker with read-only admin privileges to bypass authorization controls and configure restricted settings in the affected systems. This could potentially lead to unauthorized system modifications and compromise of security controls (CIS Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

Ivanti has released patches to address this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to the following versions: Ivanti Connect Secure to version 22.7R2.9 or 22.8R2, Ivanti Policy Secure to version 22.7R1.6, ZTA Gateway to version 2.8R2.3-723, and Neurons for Secure Access to version 22.8R1.4. For cloud-based Neurons for Secure Access installations, fixes were automatically applied on August 2, 2025 (GB Hackers).

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