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CISA KEV source record / CVE-2023-46805

Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Ivanti / Connect Secure and Policy Secure

Known exploitation catalogNot a Secureline discoveryNot a live alert

Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS, formerly known as Pulse Connect Secure) and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the web component that allows an attacker to access restricted resources by bypassing control checks. This vulnerability can be leveraged in conjunction with CVE-2024-21887, a command injection vulnerability.

CVE identifier
CVE-2023-46805
Added to KEV
Jan 10, 2024
CISA catalog dueDate
Jan 22, 2024

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Publisher's required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

This wording is attributed to the CISA snapshot. Verify current vendor guidance, affected versions and your deployment before applying changes.

Keep the signals separate.

Ransomware use, as reported by CISA
Known
CVSS severity
Not supplied by KEV
EPSS probability
Not available

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Source notes

Please apply mitigations per vendor instructions. For more information, please see: https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/KB-CVE-2023-46805-Authentication-Bypass-CVE-2024-21887-Command-Injection-for-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-and-Ivanti-Policy-Secure-Gateways?language=en_US ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46805

Source & freshness

Catalog version 2026.11.06
Source updated: Nov 6, 2026, 7:44 PM UTC
Successfully checked: Nov 8, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC
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Automated source record, not an editorial advisory or an independent discovery. No affected or fixed version is inferred, and no organisation-specific risk rating is generated.