CVE-2023-46805Vulnerability
Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Reported by 6 independent sources · first reported by Cyble · last reported
Last reported 8 days ago
Fix due 22 Jan 2024
Used by ransomware: knownCISA KEV catalogue
higher than 99% of CVEsFIRST EPSS, as of 22 Oct 2026
What the reports say
6 reports, newest first · the exact sentence from each-
Chinese APT Exploited BeyondTrust Vulnerability as Zero-Day“…e threat actor was previously seen exploiting zero-days in Citrix NetScaler (CVE-2023-4966, aka CitrixBleed), Ivanti Connect Secure (CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887, and CVE-2025-0282), and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (CVE-2026-22769).”
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China-Linked Hackers Exploited BeyondTrust Zero-Day to Take Over Remote Support Servers“Armory Castle has a history of exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler (CVE-2023-4966) and Ivanti Connect Secure (CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887, and CVE-2025-0282) appliances to break a wide range of sectors, including legal services, SaaS providers, business-pro…”
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ARMORY CASTLE Exploits BeyondTrust“…CVE-2026-102764, ARMORY CASTLE may conduct widespread exploitation similar to what GTIG observed in 2024 following the disclosure of CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887.”
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ClingSTUN Malware Turns Unpatched IoT Devices Into Proxy Nodes“…the attackers added more entry points, and FortiGuard's list now stands at 24 vulnerabilities, including Ivanti Connect Secure flaws CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887 and newer bugs such as CVE-2026-36356 and CVE-2025-67038.”
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ClingSTUN Linux Backdoor Abuses Public STUN Infrastructure“CVE-2023-46805: (54588) Ivanti.Connect.Secure.Policy.Secure.Authentication.Bypass”
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Inside the Telecom Attack Surface: SS7, BGP Hijacking, and the Technical Reality of Nation-State Intrusions“The advisory lists CVE-2024-21887 in Ivanti Connect Secure, commonly chained after the CVE-2023-46805 authentication bypass, and CVE-2024-3400 in Palo Alto PAN-OS GlobalProtect, along with CVE-2023-20273, a Cisco IOS XE flaw commonly chained with the CVE-2023-20198 authentication…”
Indicators reported together
named in the same reports- hxxps://www.wyden.senate[.]gov/imo/media/doc/wyden-schmitt_dod_letter.pdfin 1 report
- hxxps://docs.fcc[.]gov/public/attachments/DOC-402579A1.pdfin 1 report
- hxxps://www.washingtonpost[.]com/national-security/2024/11/21/salt-typhoon-china-hack-telecom/in 1 report
- hxxps://docs.fcc[.]gov/public/attachments/FCC-24-62A1.pdfin 1 report
- hxxps://www.uscc[.]gov/sites/default/files/annual_reports/2010-Report-to-Congress.pdfin 1 report
- www.uscc[.]govin 1 report
Copy these 6 indicators · defanged
Also named with it: CVE-2024-21887, CVE-2026-102764, CVE-2025-67038, CVE-2023-4966, CVE-2025-0282, CVE-2022-36553, CVE-2025-34035, CVE-2024-23625, CVE-2026-36356, CVE-2026-22769, CVE-2016-20016, CVE-2023-20198, CVE-2024-3400, CVE-2023-20273
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