CVE-2025-6995VulnerabilityPublished 8 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-6995: Ivanti Endpoint Manager · : Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format

Affects Ivanti Endpoint ManagerSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.4 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

8.4High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 8% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable component is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either: the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or remotely (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., tricking a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Changed: An exploited vulnerability can affect resources beyond the security scope managed by the security authority of the vulnerable component. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are different and managed by different security authorities.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: High: There is a total loss of integrity, or a complete loss of protection. For example, the attacker is able to modify any/all files protected by the impacted component. Alternatively, only some files can be modified, but malicious modification would present a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 8 Jul 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-6995 effectively, European organizations should: 1) Immediately apply the security updates provided by Ivanti (2024 SU3 or 2022 SU8 Security Update 1) to ensure the encryption flaw is corrected. 2) Audit and restrict local authenticated access to systems running Ivanti Endpoint Manager agents, enforcing the principle of least privilege to minimize the risk of insider threats. 3) Implement enhanced monitoring and logging of local authentication events and password access attempts to detect suspicious activities early. 4) Conduct regular credential hygiene reviews and enforce strong password policies, including multi-factor authentication (MFA) where possible, to reduce the impact of compromised passwords. 5) Consider isolating critical endpoint management systems and segmenting networks to limit lateral movement opportunities. 6) Educate IT and security teams about the vulnerability specifics to improve incident response readiness. 7) If patching is delayed, consider temporary compensating controls such as disabling unnecessary local accounts or restricting access to the Ivanti agent directories and files where passwords might be stored.

Description

Improper use of encryption in the agent of Ivanti Endpoint Manager before version 2024 SU3 and 2022 SU8 Security Update 1 allows a local authenticated attacker to decrypt other users’ passwords.

Impact

For European organizations, the impact of CVE-2025-6995 can be substantial. Ivanti Endpoint Manager is widely used in enterprise environments for managing endpoints, deploying patches, and enforcing security policies. The ability for a local authenticated attacker to decrypt other users’ passwords compromises the confidentiality of credentials, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive systems and data. This can facilitate privilege escalation, lateral movement, and further compromise of the network. Given the high confidentiality and integrity impact, organizations may face data breaches, regulatory non-compliance (e.g., GDPR), and operational disruptions. The vulnerability could be exploited by malicious insiders or attackers who have gained limited access, making internal threat detection and mitigation critical. The lack of impact on availability means systems remain operational, potentially allowing stealthy exploitation over time. European organizations with strict data protection requirements and high regulatory scrutiny must prioritize remediation to avoid legal and reputational consequences.

CWE-257Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighOWASP Top 10 A04:2021: Insecure Design (opens in a new tab)
The storage of passwords in a recoverable format makes them subject to password reuse attacks by malicious users. In fact, it should be noted that recoverable encrypted passwords provide no significant benefit over plaintext passwords since they are subject not only to reuse by malicious attackers but also by malicious insiders. If a system administrator can recover a password directly, or use a brute force search on the available information, the administrator can use the password on other accounts.
Architecture and Design
Use strong, non-reversible encryption to protect stored passwords.
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V2.8.5 (opens in a new tab)
V2.8.4 (opens in a new tab)
V9.2.3 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Password Brute Forcing (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-July-2025-for-Ivanti-EPM-2024-SU2-and-EPM-2022-SU8 (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 8 Jul 2025, 15:09 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-257

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