Remote unauthenticated code execution in Ivanti Neurons for ZTA gateways



Risk Critical
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2025-22457
CWE-ID CWE-121
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.
Vulnerable software
Ivanti Neurons for ZTA gateways
Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers

Vendor Ivanti

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one critical risk vulnerability.

1) Stack-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU106969

Risk: Critical

CVSSv4.0: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22457

CWE-ID: CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when handling network requests. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send specially crafted packets to the device, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vendor prepares to issue a fix on April 19, 2025.

Vulnerable software versions

Ivanti Neurons for ZTA gateways: 22.7R2 - 22.8R2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ivanti.com/blog/security-update-pulse-connect-secure-ivanti-connect-secure-policy-secure-and-neurons-for-zta-gateways
https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/April-Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-Policy-Secure-ZTA-Gateways-CVE-2025-22457


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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