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Ivanti · Auth bypass

Ivanti Connect Secure Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

8 sourcesCVE-2026-104935CVE-2026-118527CVE-2026-111357+1 more

At a glance

Medium
7-day window, from the last update
ActiveConfirmed in-the-wild exploitation
Evidence-weighted, not popularity
Signal

Actively exploited in the wild — prioritise confirming exposure.

Why Medium

Medium rather than High: exposure is scored at a default because we cannot see your systems or suppliers. If you run or depend on Ivanti Connect Secure, treat it as High.

Briefing

There is no written leader briefing for this story yet. These questions come from the facts we hold.

Questions to ask IT

  • Do we run Ivanti Connect Secure, and which versions?
  • Is any of it reachable from the internet?
  • Have we checked whether it has already been used against us?
  • If it is not yet patched, what mitigation is in place, and will the fix be done by 9 Nov?

Next steps

  1. Confirm exposure and remediation status for affected products

Summary

  • On 29 October 2026, Ivanti updated its security advisory for Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) to include two additional vulnerabilities and released fixes for both. Ivanti rates CVE-2026-111357, a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability (CWE-306), with a CVSSv3.1 score of 8.8; it allows a local authenticated attacker to escalate privileges.
  • CVE-2026-104935 is confirmed as exploited in the wild (US known-exploited catalogue)
  • CVE-2026-104935 has an estimated ~86.8% chance of attack in 30 days (99.7th percentile) as of 2026-11-01 — probability signal, not confirmed exploitation
  • Authoritative catalogues report active exploitation of this vulnerability.

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Products and services involved

Same event, different frames

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Pulse

Last checked 2d ago · Recheck overdue since 7 Nov 2026, 18:03 UK time

Story
2 Nov 2026, 12:15 UK time · 6d ago

Linked reporting from Rapid7 Blog (research).

Review the new source against your estate and the next steps in the briefing.

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Sources

How we know

Statements extracted from sources. Higher confidence means stronger corroboration.

  • ClaimedHeadline60% confidence

    Ivanti Connect Secure Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Vulnerability

  • ProbableSummary fact75% confidence

    On 29 October 2026, Ivanti updated its security advisory for Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) to include two additional vulnerabilities and released fixes for both. Ivanti rates CVE-2026-111357, a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability (CWE-306), with a CVSSv3.1 score of 8.8; it allows a local authenticated attacker to escalate privileges.

  • ConfirmedCVE identifier95% confidence

    Event involves CVE-2026-104935

  • ConfirmedKnown-exploited catalogue98% confidence

    CVE-2026-104935 is confirmed as exploited in the wild (US known-exploited catalogue)

  • ConfirmedEstimated attack likelihood95% confidence

    CVE-2026-104935 has an estimated ~86.8% chance of attack in 30 days (99.7th percentile) as of 2026-11-01 — probability signal, not confirmed exploitation

  • ConfirmedCVE identifier95% confidence

    Event involves CVE-2026-111357

  • ConfirmedKnown-exploited catalogue98% confidence

    CVE-2026-111357 is confirmed as exploited in the wild (US known-exploited catalogue)

  • ConfirmedEstimated attack likelihood95% confidence

    CVE-2026-111357 has an estimated ~0.5% chance of attack in 30 days (45th percentile) as of 2026-11-01 — probability signal, not confirmed exploitation

  • ConfirmedCVE identifier95% confidence

    Event involves CVE-2026-118527

  • ConfirmedKnown-exploited catalogue98% confidence

    CVE-2026-118527 is confirmed as exploited in the wild (US known-exploited catalogue)