Attackers Chain Three Ivanti Connect Secure Flaws to Gain Unauthenticated Root Access
Three chained Ivanti Connect Secure flaws now on CISA's KEV list deliver unauthenticated root access—European enterprises running Ivanti VPN should treat this as a critical-priority patch cycle given the confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.
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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added two security flaws impacting Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following active exploitation in the wild.
The vulnerabilities are listed below -
CVE-2026-111357 (CVSS score: 8.8) - A missing authentication for a critical function vulnerability that could allow a
Editorial Analysis
Ivanti VPN appliances are ubiquitous in European enterprise perimeters; confirmed exploitation of a chain yielding root access creates immediate breach risk for any unpatched deployment.
Immediately patch or isolate all Ivanti Connect Secure appliances and conduct forensic log review for indicators of prior compromise.
Actively exploited vulnerabilities in Ivanti VPN appliances grant full system control without credentials, posing immediate breach risk to enterprises using this infrastructure.
Forward-looking interpretation drafted by editorial AI under human review — not a reproduction of the source. See methodology.
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