A high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability has been identified in the Ivanti Connect Secure (Pulse Connect Secure) enterprise-grade SSL VPN that can allow a remote, unauthenticated malicious actor to execute arbitrary commands, steal credentials, and exfiltrate sensitive data. Researchers at the cybersecurity firm Volexity identified in-the-wild exploitation of a vulnerability chain involving the authentication bypass vulnerability in the first week of October.
Ivanti Connect Secure Zero Day Exploited in Attacks
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