# Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance zero-days chained by a suspected nation-state actor · pwn.watch

> Four Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) bugs were exploited in 2024: a command injection (CVE-2024-8190), a path traversal admin bypass (CVE-2024-8963), and later a SQL injection and another command injection (CVE-2024-9379, CVE-2024-9380). FortiGuard Incident Response found a suspected nation-state actor chaining them. CSA 4.6 was end-of-life; Ivanti urged upgrading to CSA 5.0. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-09-13, 2024-09-19, 2024-10-09.

Page: https://pwn.watch/i/ivanti-cloud-services-appliance-zero-days-cve-2024-8190-8963-9379-9380 · generated 2026-10-22T22:54:30.229Z

## Status
- Severity: critical · status: closed · patch: patched
- Product: Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance / Cloud Services Appliance (CSA)
- Started: 2024-09-10 · closed: 2024-10-09
- CVEs: CVE-2024-8190, CVE-2024-8963, CVE-2024-9379, CVE-2024-9380
- Affected: See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)
- Fixed in: See vendor advisory linked in sources

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## Updates (newest first)
- 2024-10-11: FortiGuard Labs details the zero-day chain used against Ivanti CSA (https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/burning-zero-days-suspected-nation-state-adversary-targets-ivanti-csa)
- 2024-10-09: CISA added CVE-2024-9379 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-30) (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog)
- 2024-10-09: CISA added CVE-2024-9380 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-30) (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog)
- 2024-10-08: CVE-2024-9379 published (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9379)
- 2024-10-08: CVE-2024-9380 published (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9380)
- 2024-09-19: CVE-2024-8963 published (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8963)
- 2024-09-19: CISA added CVE-2024-8963 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-10) (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog)
- 2024-09-13: CISA added CVE-2024-8190 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-04) (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog)
- 2024-09-10: CVE-2024-8190 published (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8190)
- 2024-09-10: Ivanti publishes the advisory for CVE-2024-8190 (https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/burning-zero-days-suspected-nation-state-adversary-targets-ivanti-csa)

## Fix brief
# Security brief: Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance zero-days chained by a suspected nation-state actor

Source: https://pwn.watch/i/ivanti-cloud-services-appliance-zero-days-cve-2024-8190-8963-9379-9380 · status: closed (closed Oct 9, 2024) · severity: critical · updated Oct 11, 2024

## Patch status
**PATCHED: fixed releases exist. Upgrade to a fixed version.**

## What it is
Four Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) bugs were exploited in 2024: a command injection (CVE-2024-8190), a path traversal admin bypass (CVE-2024-8963), and later a SQL injection and another command injection (CVE-2024-9379, CVE-2024-9380). FortiGuard Incident Response found a suspected nation-state actor chaining them. CSA 4.6 was end-of-life; Ivanti urged upgrading to CSA 5.0. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-09-13, 2024-09-19, 2024-10-09.

Severity detail: CVSS 9.4 (v3.1, CNA), actively exploited (CISA KEV)

- Product: Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance / Cloud Services Appliance (CSA)
- CVE / advisory ids: CVE-2024-8190, CVE-2024-8963, CVE-2024-9379, CVE-2024-9380

## Affected versions
- See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)

## Check whether you're affected
No generic command applies (the product is a hosted service, appliance or desktop app). Check the installed version in its admin UI / About screen and compare with the versions above.

## Fix
Upgrade to one of these fixed versions (or later on the same branch):
- See vendor advisory linked in sources

After upgrading, re-run the checks above and redeploy/restart the affected services.

## Latest updates
- Oct 11, 2024: FortiGuard Labs details the zero-day chain used against Ivanti CSA
- Oct 9, 2024: CISA added CVE-2024-9379 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-30)
- Oct 9, 2024: CISA added CVE-2024-9380 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-30)
- Oct 8, 2024: CVE-2024-9379 published
- Oct 8, 2024: CVE-2024-9380 published
- Sep 19, 2024: CVE-2024-8963 published
- Sep 19, 2024: CISA added CVE-2024-8963 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-10)
- Sep 13, 2024: CISA added CVE-2024-8190 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-04)

## Advisories
- [Ivanti advisory: CVE-2024-8190](https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Cloud-Service-Appliance-CSA-CVE-2024-8190) (Ivanti)
- [Ivanti advisory: CVE-2024-8963](https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-CSA-4-6-Cloud-Services-Appliance-CVE-2024-8963) (Ivanti)
- [Ivanti advisory: CVE-2024-9379](https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-CSA-Cloud-Services-Appliance-CVE-2024-9379-CVE-2024-9380-CVE-2024-9381) (Ivanti)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-8190](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8190) (NVD)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-8963](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8963) (NVD)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-9379](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9379) (NVD)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-9380](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9380) (NVD)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) (CISA)

## Write-ups & news
- [Burning zero days: suspected nation-state adversary targets Ivanti CSA](https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/burning-zero-days-suspected-nation-state-adversary-targets-ivanti-csa)

## Caveats
Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).

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