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On 30 October 2026, CISA added 2 actively exploited vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. If you run any of these products, patch or mitigate now — exploitation is already happening.
KEV deadlines bind US federal agencies only, but a listing means attackers are already using the flaw, so treat it as a patch-now signal. If one of these products in your organisation was compromised, CERT-In's directions of 28 April 2022 require service providers, intermediaries, data centres, companies and government organisations to report specified incidents within 6 hours of noticing them. How to report an incident to CERT-In.
The vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-111357Federal deadline
Ivanti Connect Secure Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability
Ivanti Connect Secure contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability that could allow a local authenticated attacker to escalate their privileges. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2026-104935 and CVE-2026-118527.
Required action: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. CISA links: cisa.gov · BOD 26-04 · Forensics Triage Requirements
Ivanti Connect Secure Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers Vulnerability
Ivanti / Connect Secure / CWE-340
Ivanti Connect Secure contains a generation of predictable numbers or identifiers vulnerability that allows a remote authenticated attacker to upload files with attacker-controlled content to a known location on disk. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2026-104935 and CVE-2026-111357.
Required action: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. CISA links: BOD 26-04 · Forensics Triage Requirements
