CVE-2025-5468 Local Auth File Read via Symlink in Ivanti Connect Secure <=22.8
CVE-2025-5468 Published on August 12, 2025
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-5468 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Symlink following Vulnerability?
The software, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the software to operate on unauthorized files. A software system that allows UNIX symbolic links (symlink) as part of paths whether in internal code or through user input can allow an attacker to spoof the symbolic link and traverse the file system to unintended locations or access arbitrary files. The symbolic link can permit an attacker to read/write/corrupt a file that they originally did not have permissions to access.
CVE-2025-5468 has been classified to as a Symlink following vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-5468
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Affected Versions
Ivanti Connect Secure:- Version 22.7R2.8 is unaffected.
- Version 22.8R2 is unaffected.
- Version 22.7R1.5 is unaffected.
- Version 22.8R2.3-723 is unaffected.
- Version 22.8R1.4 (Fix deployed on 02-Aug-2025) is unaffected.
Exploit Probability
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