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CVE-2023-38035

KEV ransomware PoC moderate

Authentication Bypass in Ivanti Sentry (MobileIron Sentry) Admin Interface

CISA: Ivanti Sentry Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

CVSS 3.1
9.8 critical
EPSS
100%p100
Published
()
KEV added
AI analysis

Ivanti Sentry, formerly known as MobileIron Sentry, contains an authentication bypass (CWE-863) caused by an insufficiently restrictive Apache HTTPD configuration on the product's administrative interface. An attacker triggers the flaw by sending crafted HTTP requests to the administrative interface, which the permissive web server configuration serves without properly enforcing authentication controls. Successful exploitation grants unauthenticated administrative access to the Sentry management interface, giving attackers a foothold in the MDM infrastructure. Any organization running Ivanti Sentry is affected, with risk highest where the administrative interface is reachable from the internet. Exploitation is confirmed: the flaw was added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-08-22 with known ransomware use, and EPSS currently rates the 30-day exploitation probability at 100% (percentile 100) even though no public PoC is known.

What to do: Apply the mitigations prescribed in Ivanti's security advisory, including the corrective Apache HTTPD configuration and any patched Sentry release the vendor directs you to, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable per the CISA KEV required action. Restrict or remove internet exposure of the Sentry administrative interface and review access logs for unauthenticated requests to the admin interface indicating attempted or successful exploitation.

Affected
Ivanti Sentry (formerly MobileIron Sentry)
Estimated exposure
moderateroughly 1,000-10,000 internet-exposed Ivanti Sentry deployments (on the order of a few thousand) — Sentry is a niche MDM gateway appliance deployed almost exclusively by MobileIron/Ivanti MDM customers, and public internet scans around disclosure showed on the order of a few thousand exposed Sentry administrative interfaces; this is an…

Order-of-magnitude estimate by the model from install counts, market share and public scan data it knows; verify before quoting.

Description

A security vulnerability in MICS Admin Portal in Ivanti MobileIron Sentry versions 9.18.0 and below, which may allow an attacker to bypass authentication controls on the administrative interface due to an insufficiently restrictive Apache HTTPD configuration.

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Affected
Ivanti Sentry
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Due date
Ransomware use
Known
Vendors
ivanti
Products
mobileiron sentry
Weakness
CWE-863
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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